Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness, but I will never accept honor from evil people, because I am always praying against their evil deeds.

Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.

An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.

A warning given by an experienced person to someone willing to listen is more valuable than gold rings or jewelry made of the finest gold.

Fire tests gold and silver; a person's reputation can also be tested.

Correct someone, and afterward he will appreciate it more than flattery.

It is the LORD who has kept you from taking revenge and killing your enemies. And now I swear to you by the living LORD that your enemies and all who want to harm you will be punished like Nabal.

then you will not have to feel regret or remorse, sir, for having killed without cause or for having taken your own revenge. And when the LORD has blessed you, sir, please do not forget me."

How often does someone catch an enemy and then let him get away unharmed? The LORD bless you for what you have done to me today!

But David said, "You must not harm him! The LORD will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.

By the living LORD," David continued, "I know that the LORD himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.