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


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Proverbs 15 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 9 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 13 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 9 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Proverbs 19 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 14 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 15 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 17 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs 24 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Proverbs 22 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 12 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Proverbs 15 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Amos 5 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Psalms 119 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Proverbs 28 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Revelation 3 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 15 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
1 Timothy 5 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Proverbs 12 8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Proverbs 14 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Deuteronomy 7 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
John 12 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 17 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 18 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
John 3 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 119 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
James 5 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Job 12 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Proverbs 3 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Isaiah 2 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
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.
Proverbs 13 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
2 Peter 3 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Isaiah 5 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Isaiah 51 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Psalms 39 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Proverbs 24 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs 22 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Psalms 71 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalms 6 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Proverbs 10 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
1 Timothy 5 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Nehemiah 4 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: