Proverbs

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,