Proverbs 9:8 · KJV
"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."
King James Version
What does Proverbs 9:8 mean? →Passage 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.
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