Proverbs 23:7-18

⁷so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:

⁸for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.

⁹Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

¹²Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

¹³Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

¹⁴For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

¹⁵Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;

¹⁶and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

¹⁸For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.