TOPICAL PROVERBS

by Grant Hodges

Wisdom for the Children of the King

CONTEMPT

NIV
9:8 - Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9:12 - If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
18:3 - When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes disgrace.

NASB
9:8 - Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, reprove a wise man and he will love you.
9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
18:3 - When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes scorn.

KJV
9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9:12 - If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
18:3 - When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.


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