¹² A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

¹⁰ They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

¹⁴ Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;