Pro 9:8-9, 27:5 | ESV | STEP | Do not reprove a scoffer , or he will hate you; reprove a wise man , and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:8-9

8 ^aDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^breprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks instruction} to a wise man, and he will be ^dstill wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will ^eincrease in learning.

Proverbs 27:5

5 ^fBetter is open rebuke
than hidden love.