If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9:12‬ ‭WEB‬‬

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9:10-11‬ ‭WEB‬‬

Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9:9‬ ‭WEB‬‬

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9:8‬ ‭WEB‬‬

He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9:7‬ ‭WEB‬‬

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars. She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table. She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it. Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. But he who

Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed. When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was