Proverbs 9:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult,^[a]
    and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
⁸ Don’t rebuke a mocker or he will hate you.
    Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.
⁹ Counsel a wise man,
    and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man,
    and he will add to his learning.