Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 9:8

אַל תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Hebrew

אַל תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃

ʾal tvokaḥ leṣ pen yishnaʾeka hvokaḥ lḥakam vyeʾehabeka

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