← Proverbs

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• A. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

• B. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:

• C. 9 teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

• D. 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

• C'. 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

• B'. 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:

• A'. 12 but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.