Proverbs 9:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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

⁹ Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.