A moment in scripture
Proverbs 9:8
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
- Proverbs 9:7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.