Proverbs 17:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ A person who understands what is right learns more from just a warning
    than a foolish person learns from 100 strokes with a whip.

¹¹ An evil person tries to keep others from obeying God.
    The messenger of death will be sent against them.

¹² It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen
    than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.