Don’t warn those who make fun of others, or they will hate you. Warn those who are wise, and they will love you.

不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

不要责备傲慢人，免得他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

不要责备傲慢人，免得他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

不要责备嘲讽者，免得他恨你；要责备智者，他必爱你。

你不要责备好讥笑人的，免得他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

不要责备讥讽者，免得他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。

不要責備褻慢人，恐怕他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

不要責備傲慢人，免得他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

不要責備傲慢人，免得他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

不要責備嘲諷者，免得他恨你；要責備智者，他必愛你。

你不要責備好譏笑人的，免得他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

不要勸責褻慢人，免得他恨你：要勸責智慧人，他必愛你。

不要責備譏諷者，免得他恨你；要責備智慧人，他必愛你。

勿責侮慢者、恐其憾爾、宜責智慧者、彼乃愛爾、

規諫侮慢者、必為所憾、勸勉智慧者、可蒙其愛。

勿規勸侮慢者、恐彼憾爾、若規勸智慧者、則必愛爾、

Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you; Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.

Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

If a godly person hit me, it would be an act of kindness. If they would correct me, it would be like pouring olive oil on my head. I wouldn’t say no to it. I will always pray against the things that sinful people do.

Those who turn away from their training become poor and ashamed. But those who accept warnings are honored.

“ Do not give holy things to dogs. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they might walk all over them. They might turn around and tear you to pieces.

People who make fun of others don’t like to be corrected. So they stay away from wise people.

Don’t speak to foolish people. They will laugh at your wise words.

What if some people fall away from the faith? It won’t be possible to bring them back. It is true that they have seen the light. They have tasted the heavenly gift. They have shared in the Holy Spirit.They have tasted the good things of God’s word. They have tasted the powers of the age to come.But they have fallen away from the faith. So it won’t be possible to bring them back. They won’t be able to turn away from their sins. They are losing everything. That’s because they are nailing the Son of God to the cross all over again. They are bringing shame on him in front of everyone.Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.

Whoever still won’t obey after being warned many times will suddenly be destroyed. Nothing can save them.

“‘ Do not hate another Israelite in your heart. Correct your neighbor boldly when they do something wrong. Then you will not share their guilt.

It is better to warn a person than to pretend to praise them. In the end that person will be more pleased with you.

Remember that while our Lord is waiting patiently to return, people are being saved. Our dear brother Paul also wrote to you about this. God made him wise to write as he did.Paul writes the same way in all his letters. He speaks about what I have just told you. His letters include some things that are hard to understand. People who don’t know better and aren’t firm in the faith twist what he says. They twist the other Scriptures too. So they will be destroyed.

Then Nathan said to David,“ You are the man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says,‘ I anointed you king over Israel. I saved you from Saul.I gave you everything that belonged to your master Saul. I even put his wives into your arms. I made you king over all the people of Israel and Judah. And if all of that had not been enough for you, I would have given you even more.Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords.So time after time members of your own royal house will be killed with swords. That’s because you turned your back on me. You took the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be your own.’“ The Lord also says,‘ I am going to bring trouble on you. It will come from your own family. I will take your wives away. Your own eyes will see it. I will give your wives to a man who is close to you. He will sleep with them in the middle of the day.You committed your sins in secret. But I will make sure that the man commits his sin in the middle of the day. Everyone in Israel will see it.’ ”Then David said to Nathan,“ I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied,“ The Lord has taken away your sin. You aren’t going to die.But you have dared to show great disrespect for the Lord. So the son who has been born to you will die.”

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Joshua, the son of Nun, tore his clothes. So did Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. Joshua and Caleb were two of the men who had checked out the land.They spoke to the whole community of Israel. They said,“ We passed through the land and checked it out. It’s very good.If the Lord is pleased with us, he’ll lead us into that land. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey. He’ll give it to us.But don’t refuse to obey him. And don’t be afraid of the people of the land. We will swallow them up. The Lord is with us. So nothing can save them. Don’t be afraid of them.”But all the people talked about killing Joshua and Caleb by throwing stones at them. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting. All the Israelites saw it.

The king was told,“ Nathan the prophet is here.” So Nathan went to the king. He bowed down with his face toward the ground.

King David said,“ Tell Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet to come in. Also tell Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, to come.” So they came to the king.

The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat. He said,“ There is still one other man we can go to. We can ask the Lord for advice through him. But I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me. He only prophesies bad things. His name is Micaiah. He’s the son of Imlah.”“ You shouldn’t say bad things about him,” Jehoshaphat replied.

When Peter came to Antioch, I told him to his face that I was against what he was doing. He was clearly wrong.He used to eat with the Gentiles. But certain men came from a group sent by James. When they arrived, Peter began to draw back. He separated himself from the Gentiles. That’s because he was afraid of the circumcision group sent by James.Peter’s actions were not honest, and other Jews in Antioch joined him. Even Barnabas was led astray.I saw what they were doing. It was not in line with the truth of the good news. So I spoke to Peter in front of them all.“ You are a Jew,” I said.“ But you live like one who is not. So why do you force Gentiles to follow Jewish ways?”