A reproof entereth more into a wise man Than an hundred stripes into a fool.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
A servant will not be corrected by words: For though he understand he will not answer.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: But he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: But a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Let the righteous smite me; It shall be a kindness: And let him reprove me; It shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.