For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and a man of understanding will gain direction;

Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].

A bad man will by no means obey counsel, neither will he say anything seasonable, or of good report.

As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so [is it] to speak a wise word.

In an earring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.

The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes, but the soul is broken by calamities.

Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as you advise:

And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as you say. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.

were urgent with their brothers, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and His judgments, and His ordinances.

And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying,] You shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you shall not take of their daughters to your sons.

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"