Give to a wise one, and he will become wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge; but he who hates correction is brutish.

Therefore listen to me, you men with heart: far be it from the Mighty God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to do injustice.

If you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words:

Men with heart say to me, wise men who listen to me:

You, through Your Commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are always with me.

I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your Precepts.

I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.

And David said to Abigail: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

And blessed is your discernment and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to blood and from delivering myself with my own hand.

So it was, as he spoke with him, that the king said to him, Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be killed? So the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has given counsel to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.