²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

¹¹ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

⁵ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.