PROVERBS 9:8-17

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove 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 in learning.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹For by 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 scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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

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

¹⁵To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways,

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.