Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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Context
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give to a wise , and he will be yet wiser: teach a just , and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the Yahuah the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy understanding.