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He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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Discern Who to Correct
Commentators agree this verse teaches discernment, not a total ban on correction. Wisdom's call is for the 'simple' and open-hearted, not the hardened 'scorner' who is unreceptive. Attempting to correct someone committed to wickedness is futile and only invites personal attacks.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses seem somewhat to interrupt the continuity of the invitation which Wisdom utters. The order of thought is, however, this: “I speak to y…
19th Century
Anglican
He that reproveth a scorner ...—Wisdom does not address the scoffer, nor the godless: this would be giving that which…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that reproveth a scorner gets to himself shame Intimating, that though the simple, and such as want understanding, and…
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