It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Let the righteous strike 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.
Those who sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
He who despises the word shall be destroyed: but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored.
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
The words of the wise are like goads, and as nails fastened by the leaders of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of partying.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.