Proverbs

¹²And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; ¹³Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ¹⁴I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. ¹⁶Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets? ¹⁷Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee. ¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth.