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Proverbs 9:7-8 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 9 · verses 7–8
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Proverbs 9:7-8 · King James Version
Proverbs 9:7-8 in context
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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Key words (Strong's)
- reprovethyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- rebukethyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- scornerlûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- gettethlâqachto takeH3947 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- shameqâlôwndisgraceH7036 →
- hatesânêʼto hateH8130 →
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Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12