Pro 9:8, 25:12, 27:6, 28:23, Zec 13:6 | 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.

Proverbs 25:12

12 Like ^ca gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise reprover to ^da listening ear.

Proverbs 27:6

6 Faithful are ^ethe wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 28:23

23 Whoever ^frebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than ^ghe who flatters with his tongue.

Zechariah 13:6

6 And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ ^{▼▼Or on your chest; Hebrew wounds between your hands} he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’