Proverbs 9:8
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
What it says
A mocker will hate reproof, but a wise man will love the one who rebukes him.
What it is doing
This verse reveals teachability as a defining mark of wisdom.
In context
1Wisdom has built her house; 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; 3She has sent out her maidservants; 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” 5“Come, eat my bread 6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;