If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer harm.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.