Proverbs 9:5-12

⁵“Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled!

⁶Forsake folly, and live! And go forward in the way of understanding!

⁷“He who correcteth a scoffer Bringeth shame upon himself; And he who rebuketh the wicked Bringeth upon himself a stain.

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

⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Most Holy is understanding.

¹¹Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹²If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it.”