⁸ Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁸ So don't waste your time on a scoffer; all you'll get for your pains is abuse. But if you correct those who care about life, that's different - they'll love you for it!