Pro 9:8, Joh 7:7, 8:45 | 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.

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

45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.