Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?Mark 2:8 NIV
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.Proverbs 9:9 NIV
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.Proverbs 9:7 NIV