King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 9:8
“Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 9
6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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.
9
Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
10
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.