Proverbs 17:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ A wise person will learn more from a warning
    than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.

¹¹ Disobedient people look only for trouble,
    so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

¹² It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than to meet a fool doing foolish things.