Proverbs 9:7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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- Proverbs 15:12 A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
- Proverbs 23:9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.