Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

If thou smitest a scornful person, the ignorant shall take better heed; and if thou reprovest one that hath understanding, he will be the wiser.

When a mocker is punished,
the inexperienced become wiser;
when one teaches a wise man,
he acquires knowledge.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: