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NASB					Prov 9:8 ^ADo not reprove³¹⁹⁸ a scoffer^3917b, or⁶⁴³⁵ he will hate⁸¹³⁰ you, ^BReprove³¹⁹⁸ a wise²⁴⁵⁰ man²⁴⁵⁰ and he will love¹⁵⁷ you.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Prov 9:8 ¹Do not correct a scoffer [who foolishly ridicules and takes no responsibility for his error] or he will hate you; Correct a wise man [who learns from his error], and he will love you. [Ps 141:5]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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The ancient rabbis took this to have the force of a commandment: never give a rebuke that is sure to be ignored.

NASB Cross References:
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Prov 15:12 A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

Ps 141:5 ¶ Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

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157

aheb (12d); a prim. root; to love:--beloved(1), dearly love(1), friend(5), friends(6), love(88), loved(53), lover(1), lovers(16), loves(42), loving(2), show your love(1), shows love(1).

2450

chakam (314c); from 2449; wise:--expert(1), men who are skillful(1), sage(1), shrewd(2), skilled(2), skilled men(3), skilled men and with those(1), skilled*(1), skillful(1), skillful man*(1), skillful men(1), skillful men*(1), skillful persons*(1), skillful*(3), unwise*(1), wailing women(1), who(1), who are wise(1), wise(64), wise man(21), wise man's(2), wise men(22), wise son(1), wisehearted(1), wiser(2), wisest(1).

3198

yakach (406d); a prim. root; to decide, adjudge, prove:--adjudicates(1), appointed(2), argue(3), argument prove(1), chastened(1), cleared(1), complained(1), correct(2), decide(3), dispute(1), make a decision(1), offer reproof(1), plead(1), prove(1), reason(2), rebuke(6), rebukes(2), refuted(1), render decisions(2), rendered judgment(1), reprove(9), reproved(2), reprover(1), reproves(7), surely reprove(2), umpire(1).

3917b

lits (539b); a prim. root; to scorn:--carry on as scoffers(1), deride(1), envoys(1), interpreter(1), makes a mockery(1), mediator(1), mock(1), mocker(1), scoff(1), scoffer(10), scoffers(5), scoffs at the scoffers(1), scorner(1), spokesmen(1).

6435

pen (814c); of unc. der.; lest:--because(2), fear(1), might(4), no(2), none(1), or(36), or else(6), otherwise(16), otherwise you might(1), perhaps(1), so(12).

8130

sane (971b); a prim. root; to hate:--detest(1), enemy(3), enmity(1), foes(1), hate(78), hated(28), hated her intensely(1), hates(19), hating(2), hatred(1), turned against(1), turns against(2), unloved(7).

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