5
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6
Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
7
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.