Pro 9:7-8, 15:12, Mat 11:2, 14:3-4, Mar 6:17-18 | ESV | STEP | Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse , and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury .

o[See ver. 17 above]

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 15:12

12 ^cA scoffer ^ddoes not like to be reproved;
he will not go to the wise.

Matthew 11:2

2 ^eNow when John heard ^fin prison about the deeds of ^gthe Christ, he sent word by ^hhis disciples

Matthew 14:3-4

3 For ⁱHerod had seized John and bound him and ^jput him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts his brother’s wife} 4 because John had been saying to him, ^l“It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Mark 6:17-18

17 ^mFor it was Herod who had sent and seized John and ⁿbound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her. 18 ^oFor John had been saying to Herod, ^p“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”