Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.