Proverbs 9:5-12

⁵“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.

⁶Leave your foolish ways and you will live; follow the path that makes sense.”

⁷If you correct a mocker all you get are insults; if you argue with the wicked all you get is abuse.

⁸So don't argue with mockers or they'll only hate you; argue with the wise and they'll love you.

⁹Educate the wise and they'll become even wiser; teach those who live right and they will increase their learning.

¹⁰Honoring the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; knowledge of the Holy One brings insight.

¹¹Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.

¹²If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.