A fool despises his father's instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.

Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise [man,] and he will love you.

Give [instruction] to a wise [man,] and he will be still wiser; Teach a just [man,] and he will increase in learning.

He who walks with wise [men] will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.

[Like] an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold [Is] a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you -- The sure mercies of David.

"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but [they went out] that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.