lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Prov. 9:8
I guess we can tell who all the scorners are.
umgh...cough...all the ones who mock this question...cough...umgh....
2007-10-12 04:35:04 · 5 answers · asked by ~Living4HIM~ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. - Proverbs 15:12.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. - Matthew 7:6.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. - Psalm 141:5.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. - Proverbs 10:6.
2007-10-12 05:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the person interested in advancing spiritually will accept spiritual advice and esepcially a call to repentence and truth-seeking without sneering. The scorner is not interested and is treatened by "calls to growth".
2007-10-12 16:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's something to contemplate:
Proverbs 26:4-5, "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."
2007-10-12 12:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by steinbeck11 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatsamatter? Are you choking on your own vomit induced by reading the bible too much?
2007-10-12 11:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by inbetweendays 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What question?
2007-10-12 11:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋