Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 9:7

7. He that reproveth a[illegible: 1+ letters] scorner , getteth to himself shame : and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot .

The connexion may be conceived thus, Having invited the simple, he forbids the invitation of scorners: Or thus, He sheweth who he meant by the foolish, v. 6. even scorners and wicked men, as they are here called, and he presseth his last advice of forsaking them because there was no good, but hurt to be got by conversation with them.

Partly from the scorner who will revile and deride him, and partly from others, because he is frustrated in his design and hope, and by his imprudence hath brought an inconvenience upon himself:

A censure or reproach.