Proverbs 9:8-12
New King James Version
8 (A)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(B)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, (C)and he will increase in learning.
10 “The(D) fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (E)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 (F)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
Proverbs 9:8-12
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me
Proverbs 9:8-12
King James Version
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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