Proverbs 9:8 in the World English Bible
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Context
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.