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Proverbs 9:8–12

Proverbs 9:8–123 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- B 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
  - C 9 teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
    - D 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
  - C' 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- B' 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:
A' 12 but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.