Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.

good

Proverbs 3:4 Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

Proverbs 14:35 A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.

1 Samuel 18:14-16 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. . . .

Luke 2:52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men.

Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.

but

Proverbs 4:19 My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 15:10 Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die.

Psalm 95:9-11 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works. . . .

Jeremiah 2:19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.