The Meaning of Proverbs 9:8 Explained

Proverbs 9:8

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

YLT: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

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

ASV: Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 9:8?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 9:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 9:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 9:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 9:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 9:1-18 - Two Contrasted Invitations
There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well furnished. It is reared upon seven well-hewn marble pillars, in a quadrangular form, the entrance being left wide-open. An eternal mansion, it is stable and beautiful. Great preparations are made for the feast, which is open to all-in striking contrast to the private supper to which Vice allures the unwary youth. The beautiful owner also sends forth her maidens into the public thoroughfares to give free invitations to all who will accept them. See Matthew 22:1, etc.
Only to the simple or child-hearted, and not to the scorner, is the invitation addressed. Wisdom lets the scorner pass, because a word to him would only recoil on herself, and would add to his wickedness. To scoff at things which are holy and scorn the divine power is to risk the sin that is never forgiven. Such is the man who enters the feast without the wedding garment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 9

1  The discipline
4  and the doctrine of wisdom
13  The custom
16  and error of folly

What do the individual words in Proverbs 9:8 mean?

Not do correct a scoffer lest he hate you Rebuke a wise [man] and he will love you
אַל־ תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־ יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ

תּ֣וֹכַח  do  correct 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, second person masculine singular
Root: יָכַח  
Sense: to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right.
לֵ֭ץ  a  scoffer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: לִיץ 
Sense: to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly.
פֶּן־  lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ  he  hate  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
הוֹכַ֥ח  Rebuke 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָכַח  
Sense: to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right.
לְ֝חָכָ֗ם  a  wise  [man] 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ  and  he  will  love  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.

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