5. Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
6. Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
7. He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
8. Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11. For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.