Proverbs 17:10-12

Authorized (King James) Version

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man
    than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
    therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
    rather than a fool in his folly.