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“Come, eat of my bread
    and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Leave simpleness,[a] and live,
    and walk in the way of insight.”

General Maxims

He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
    and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:6 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb simple ones

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