Proverbs 9:7-9

Coverdale(i) 7 Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him self dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth himself. 8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the. 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.