Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
LXX
Proverbs 9:8
Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Parallel Translations
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Proverbs 13:18Proverbs 23:9Proverbs 15:12Proverbs 29:1Matthew 7:6Proverbs 28:23Leviticus 19:17Hebrews 6:4–8Matthew 15:142 Samuel 12:7–142 Peter 3:15–16Numbers 14:6–101 Kings 1:231 Kings 1:32
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