Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Wisdom and Folly are contrasted as two women hosting rival feasts. Wisdom has built her house with seven pillars and invites the simple to eat her bread and drink her wine. Folly sits at the door of her house calling …
Autres traductions
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Références croisées
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer …
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, …
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of …
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king …
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child …
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he …
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And …
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom …
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent …
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.