It is foolish to ignore what your parents taught you; it is wise to accept their correction.

Listen when I reprimand you; I will give you good advice and share my knowledge with you.

Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.

Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.

Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.

If you listen to advice and are willing to learn, one day you will be wise.

A warning given by an experienced person to someone willing to listen is more valuable than gold rings or jewelry made of the finest gold.

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.