Proverbs 9:6-15

⁶Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

⁷He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

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

¹²If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

¹³The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵to call passers-by who go right on their ways: