Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
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- Psalm 141:5 Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
- Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
- Proverbs 23:9 Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.