Hence, the closing of the first section of the book of Proverbs contains a warning: “He that is correcting the ridiculer is taking to himself dishonor, and he that is giving a reproof to someone wicked ​ — a defect in him.
ولذلك تتضمن خاتمة الجزء الاول من سفر الامثال تحذيرا :‏ ‏ « مَن يوبخ ‏ [‏‏ « يقوِّم » ،‏ ع‌ج‏] مستهزئا يكسب لنفسه هوانا ومَن ينذر شريرا يكسب عيبا .‏