THEOSISProverbs 9:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 141 (140):5
- Prov 13:18Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.
- Prov 23:9Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
- Prov 15:12A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
- Matt 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
- Prov 29:1The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.
- Prov 28:23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.
- Lev 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.