Proverbs 9:7

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.

Genesis 19:8-9

Look, I’ve got two daughters who haven’t had sexual relations with a man. I’ll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want to them. However, don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you destroyer of Israel?”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “So, you have caught me, my enemy.”

He replied, “I have caught you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?”

1 Kings 22:27

and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”

2 Chronicles 24:20-22

The Spirit of God took control of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands and you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.’”

2 Chronicles 25:15-16

So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not deliver their own people from your hand?”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Proverbs 15:12

A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;
he will not consult the wise.

Proverbs 23:9

Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.

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