Proverbs 9:7-9

ECB^{(i) 7} He who disciplines a scorner takes abasement to himself: and he who reproves the wicked blemishes. ⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise, and he loves you: ⁹ give to the wise and he enwisens; the just know, and increase in doctrine.