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Selected Verse: Proverbs 9:7 - King James

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Pr 9:7 King James He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
shame--(Compare Pro 3:35).

a blot--or, "stain on character." Both terms denote the evil done by others to one whose faithfulness secures a wise man's love.
 
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35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.