Proverbs 9:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Lay aside immaturity and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”(A)
General Maxims
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.(B)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(C)
Proverbs 9:6-8
English Standard Version
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 (D)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
(E)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple
Proverbs 9:6-8
King James Version
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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