Proverbs 9:8

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What does Proverbs 9:8 mean?

Proverbs 9:8 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 9:8

• Proverbs 13:18

  Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

• Psalms 141:5

  Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

• Proverbs 23:9

  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

• Proverbs 15:12

  A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

• Proverbs 29:1

  He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

• Matthew 7:6

  Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

• Proverbs 28:23

  He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

• Leviticus 19:17

  Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

• Matthew 15:14

  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

• Hebrews 6:4-8

  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: …

• 2 Samuel 12:7-14

  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. …

• 2 Peter 3:15-16

  And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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Context

• Proverbs 9:7

  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

• Proverbs 9:8

  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

• Proverbs 9:9

  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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