Proverbs 9:8 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 9 · verse 8 · King James Version

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Proverbs 9:8 · King James Version

Proverbs 9:8 in context

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.