Proverbs 19:25-29

²⁵Strike the scoffer, and the simple will become prudent; Reprove a man of understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

²⁶The son that causeth shame and disgrace doeth violence to his father, And chaseth away his mother.

²⁷Cease, my son, to listen to the instruction That causeth thee to wander from the words of knowledge!

²⁸A worthless witness scoffeth at justice, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.

²⁹Punishments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.