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Do notאַלreproveתּוֹכַחa scoffer,לֵץlestפֶּןhe hate you;יִשְׂנָאֶךָּreproveהוֹכַחa wise man,לְחָכָםandוְhe will love you.יֶאֱהָבֶךָּ
Proverbs 9:8
Study it in the app“Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 9:8, word by word
- reproveתּוֹכַחtochach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “tochach” appears- a scofferלֵץlets
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “lets” appears- he hate youיִשְׂנָאֶyisnae
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “yisnae” appears- a wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- he will love youיֶאֱהָבֶyeehave
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “yeehave” appears
The context
7He who corrects a scoffer gets disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man gets his blemish.
8 · This verse (above)
9Give to a wise man, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in teaching.