Proverbs 9:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Proverbs 9:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
2 Chronicles 25:15-16
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? …
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

Topics

Courage Expostulation Fool Reproof Speaking

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment. He who, in the chapter before, showed his grandeur and glory as the Creator of the world, here shows his grace and goodness as the Redeemer of it.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-8. shame--(Compare Pr 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.