Proverbs 17:10-16

¹⁰A reproof penetrateth more deeply into a wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹Only rebellion doth a bad man seek: therefore a cruel messenger will be sent out against him.

¹²A man may meet a she-bear robbed of her whelps, but not a fool in his folly.

¹³Whoso bestoweth evil in return for good—evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴As one letteth loose a stream of water, so is the beginning of strife: therefore before it be enkindled, leave off the contest.

¹⁵He that declareth the wicked innocent, and he that condemneth the righteous, yea, both of them are equally an abomination to the Lord.

¹⁶Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?