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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
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Proverbs 9:8
King James Version
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 9:8
New Living Translation
Proverbs 9:8
New Living Translation
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Proverbs 15:12
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Proverbs 15:12
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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
so they avoid the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
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Proverbs 15:12
King James Version
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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Proverbs 15:12
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Proverbs 15:12
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12 Mockers hate to be corrected,
so they stay away from the wise.
Proverbs 23:9
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Proverbs 23:9
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Saying 10
9 Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)
Proverbs 23:9
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Proverbs 23:9
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9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Proverbs 23:9
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Proverbs 23:9
New Living Translation
9 Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
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