Proverbs 12:1

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.