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Proverbs 9:7

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame,.... Intimating, that though the simple, and such as want understanding, and of whom there is hope of doing them good, are to be invited into…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Proverbs 9:7-9

These verses seem somewhat to interrupt the continuity of the invitation which Wisdom utters. The order of thought is, however, this: “I speak to you, the simple, the open ones, for you have yet ears…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 9:1-12

Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Proverbs 9:7-9

There is some abruptness in the introduction of these verses, which seem to interrupt the even flow of the invitation given by Wisdom. The majority of commentators regard them as the justification…