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Proverbios 9:7
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El que corrige al escarnecedor, afrenta se acarrea: El que reprende al impío, se atrae mancha.
El que corrige al escarnecedor, se acarrea afrenta: El que reprende al impío, se atrae mancha.
El que castiga al burlador, afrenta se acarrea; el que reprende al impío, se atrae mancha.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 15:12, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:9, 1 Kings 18:17, 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Kings 22:24, 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Chronicles 24:20-22, 2 Chronicles 25:15, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 36:16
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:36 - held their peace 2 Chronicles 16:10 - wroth Proverbs 3:34 - he scorneth Proverbs 11:20 - upright Proverbs 12:1 - he that Proverbs 13:1 - but Proverbs 23:9 - Speak Isaiah 36:21 - General Amos 5:10 - hate Matthew 7:6 - that Matthew 21:46 - they sought Luke 3:19 - General John 7:7 - because John 7:52 - Art John 9:34 - and dost Acts 7:27 - he that Ephesians 5:11 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Wisdom's house; yet not the haughty scorner, the abandoned sinner, the scoffer at all religion, who walks after his own lusts, and is quite irreclaimable; it is but casting pearls before swine, and giving that which is holy to dogs, to reprove and exhort such persons; though the Gospel is to be preached to every creature, yet when men despise it, and make a mock at it, they are to be turned from, and no more is to be said to them; as the Jews of old, they were the first invited to the Gospel feast, the same that is described in the context; they made light of it, contradicted and blasphemed the word, and so judged themselves unworthy of it; wherefore Wisdom's maidens, or Christ's ministers, were bid to turn from them, and go to the Gentiles, and preach it to them; for it is to no purpose to address such persons; "shame" is the sure consequence of it, because a man is disappointed of the end he has in view, which is doing good;
and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot; this shows who is meant by a scorner, a very profligate man, bent on his wicked ways, and quite incorrigible; to rebuke such an one is not only labour lost, and in vain, but the rebuker getteth himself an ill name, and is sure to have the dirt of reproach and scandal cast upon him; though this a man might patiently bear, if there was any hope of doing good.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 to hear: but from the scorner or evil doer, as such, I turn away.†The words are illustrated by Matthew 13:11 ff.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 9:7. He that reproveth a scorner — לץ lets, the person who mocks at sacred things; the libertine, the infidel; who turns the most serious things into ridicule, and, by his wit, often succeeds in rendering the person who reproves him ridiculous. Wisdom seems here to intimate that it is vain to attempt by reproof to amend such: and yet we must not suffer sin upon our neighbour; at all hazards, we must deliver our own soul. But no reproof should be given to any, but in the spirit of love and deep concern; and when they contradict and blaspheme, leave them to God.
