Proverbs 9:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

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  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefite: and let him reprooue me, and it shalbe a precious oyle, that shall not breake mine head: for within a while I shall euen pray in their miseries.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 And they tolde the King, saying, Beholde, Nathan the Prophet; when he was come in to the King, hee made obeisance before the King vpon his face to the ground.
  • 1 Kgs 1:32 : 32 And King Dauid saide, Call mee Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada; they came before the King.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill; Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.
  • Num 14:6-9 : 6 And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh two of them that searched the lande, rent their clothes, 7 And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande. 8 If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie. 9 But rebell not ye against the Lord, neither feare ye the people of the land: for they are but bread for vs: their shielde is departed from the, and the Lorde is with vs, feare them not. 10 And all the multitude saide, Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul, 8 And gaue thee thy lordes house, and thy lords wiues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel, and of Iudah, and would moreouer (if that had bene too litle) haue giuen thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the Lord, to doe euill in his sight? Thou hast killed Vriah the Hittite with ye sworde, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sworde of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I will rayse vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne. 12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne. 13 Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan, I haue sinned against the Lord; Nathan sayde vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit because by this deede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shal surely die.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
  • Prov 23:9 : 9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
  • Prov 28:23 : 23 He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstood him to his face: for he was to be condemned. 12 For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie. 14 But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?
  • Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost, 5 And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come, 6 If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, & make a mocke of him. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the raine that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth foorth herbes meete for them by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God. 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And suppose that the long suffering of our Lord is saluation, euen as our beloued brother Paul according to the wisedome giuen vnto him wrote to you, 16 As one, that in all his Epistles speaketh of these thinges: among the which some thinges are hard to be vnderstand, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, wrest, as they do also other Scriptures vnto their owne destruction.

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  • Prov 9:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

    7He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

  • Prov 15:12
    85%

    12A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

  • Prov 9:9
    80%

    9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 19:25
    79%

    25Smite a scorner, and the foolish wil beware: and reproue the prudent, and he wil vnderstand knowledge.

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

  • Prov 17:9-10
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    75%

    9Hee that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue: but hee that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.

    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Prov 29:8-9
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    8Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

  • Prov 22:10
    72%

    10Cast out the scorner, and strife shal go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 15:31-32
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    31The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

    32Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 15:10
    72%

    10Instruction is euill to him that forsaketh the way, and he that hateth correction, shall die.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.

  • Prov 12:8
    71%

    8A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.

  • Prov 9:12
    71%

    12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 5:12
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    12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!

  • Prov 1:22-23
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    22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

    23(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

  • Job 13:9-10
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    9Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?

    10He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.

  • Prov 24:25
    69%

    25But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 3:11
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    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

  • Prov 27:5
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    5Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 25:12
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    12He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 8:33
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    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Lev 19:17
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    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 29:1
    68%

    1A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Prov 1:25
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    25But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.