Proverbs 12:1

¹⁰There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way. Whoever hates reproof shall die.

⁷One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. ⁸Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

⁹⁷How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. ⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹²and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof. ¹³I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

¹A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

⁹Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

⁶A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

¹⁷I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

¹⁰and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. ¹¹Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,