⁸ Do not rebuke mockers^(A) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(B)

²⁵ Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,^(A) and they will gain knowledge.^(B)

¹² Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.^(A)