Proverbs 9:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸ A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;
    the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
⁹ Give instruction^[a] to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.