Reprove not a scorner] Meaning, them which are incorrigible, which Christ calleth dogs and swine: or, he speaketh in comparison; Rather rebuke a wise man then a fool: not that scorners should not be rebuked simply, or of none; but advisedly and discreetly, considering their malice, and the small hope of doing them good. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee] Matthew 7:6.