He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself, and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.

Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

And the Jews, seeing the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke against the things being said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

And being in disagreement with one another, they went away after Paul had said one word: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

For the hearts of this people has become dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and they should hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart and turn back, so that I should heal them."'

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were mocking Him.

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word he shall by no means taste death.'

The man answered and said to them, "Why, this is a remarkable thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes!

Since eternity past it was unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of [one] having been born blind.

They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and do you teach us?" And they cast him out.

And many of them said, "He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to Him?"

And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others [said], "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some were scoffing, but others said, "We will hear you again concerning this."

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are despised!

And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;