8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;

rebuke the wise and they will love you.

8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;

reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:

Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;

they will only hate you.

But correct the wise,

and they will love you.

8 Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you.

But correct 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 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

8 Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you. 

Warn a wise person, and he will love you. 

8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;

rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

8 A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;

the wise, when rebuked, will love you.

8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;

rebuke the wise and he will love you.

8 Don’t warn those who make fun of others. They will hate you.

Warn those who are wise. They will love you.

8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you,

Reprove a wise man and he will love you.