Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.