Proverbs 9:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣וֹ קָל֑וֹן וּמוֹכִ֖יחַ לְרָשָׁ֣ע מוּמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

yōsēr lēṣ lōqēaḥ lô qālôn ûmôkîaḥ lrāšāʿ mûmô

Grammar Details

• *yōsēr*: Qal participle masculine singular - one who corrects/disciplines
• *lēṣ*: masculine noun - scoffer/mocker
• *lōqēaḥ*: Qal participle masculine singular - taking/getting
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to himself
• *qālôn*: masculine noun - shame/disgrace
• *ûmôkîaḥ*: conjunction with Hiphil participle masculine singular - and one who reproves
• *lrāšāʿ*: preposition with masculine noun - to a wicked person
• *mûmô*: masculine noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his blemish/defect

Word Meanings

• *yōsēr*: one who corrects/disciplines/instructs
• *lēṣ*: scoffer/mocker/scorner
• *lōqēaḥ*: takes/gets/receives
• *qālôn*: shame/disgrace/dishonor/insult
• *môkîaḥ*: one who reproves/rebukes/corrects
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/unrighteous one/criminal
• *mûmô*: his blemish/defect/spot/moral flaw

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:8-9 : 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
• 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
• 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
• 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
• 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
• 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Prov 15:12 : 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
• Prov 23:9 : 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.