⁸ Do not rebuke mockers^(A) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(B)
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.^(C)

¹⁷ Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(A)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

¹⁸ Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,^(A)
    but whoever heeds correction is honored.^(B)

³¹ Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.^(A)

³² Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,^(B)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.^(C)

²³ Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.^(A)

¹¹ Like apples^[a] of gold in settings of silver^(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.
¹² Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.^(B)

29 Whoever remains stiff-necked^(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed^(B)—without remedy.^(C)

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.^(A)