Proverbs 9:8
“Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Cross-References
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.”
“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.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
“A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.”