Pro 9:7-8, 15:10, Amo 5:10, Joh 3:18-21, 7:7, 2Ti 4:3 | ESV | STEP | Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse , and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury .

Proverbs 9:7-8

7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 ^aDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^breprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 15:10

10 There is ^csevere discipline for him who forsakes the way;
^dwhoever hates reproof will die.

Amos 5:10

10 ^eThey hate him who reproves ^fin the gate,
and they ^gabhor him who speaks the truth.

John 3:18-21

18 ^hWhoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not ⁱbelieved in the name of the only Son of God. 19 ^jAnd this is the judgment: ^kthe light has come into the world, and ^lpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^mtheir works were evil. 20 ⁿFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^olest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever ^pdoes what is true ^qcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

John 7:7

7 The world cannot hate you, but ^rit hates me because I testify about it that ^sits works are evil.

2 Timothy 4:3

3 ^tFor the time is coming when people will not endure ^usound ^{▼▼Or healthy} teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,