Proverbs 9:3-11

³She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

⁴Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:

⁵Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

⁶Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

⁷He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

⁸Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

¹¹For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.