“Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, || Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.”— Proverbs 9:8 (LSV)
5“Come, eat of my bread, || And drink of the wine I have mingled.
6Forsake the simple and live, || And be blessed in the way of understanding.”
7The instructor of a scorner || Is receiving for it—shame, || And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.
8Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, || Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.
9Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, || Make known to the righteous, || And he increases learning.
10The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, || And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.
11For by me your days multiply, || And years of life are added to you.