Pro 9:8, 15:10, 12 | ESV | STEP | Do not reprove a scoffer , or he will hate you; reprove a wise man , and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:8

8 ^aDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^breprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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

12 ^eA scoffer ^fdoes not like to be reproved;
he will not go to the wise.