¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace come to him who ^(A)ignores instruction,
    ^(B)but whoever ^(C)heeds reproof is honored.

^5 (A)A fool ^(B)despises his father's instruction,
    but ^(C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

^31 (A)The ear that listens to ^(B)life-giving reproof
    will dwell among the wise.
³² Whoever ^(C)ignores instruction ^(D)despises himself,
    but he who listens to reproof ^(E)gains intelligence.

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who ^(A)hates reproof is ^(B)stupid.

¹² Like ^(A)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
    is a wise reprover to ^(B)a listening ear.

¹³ Whoever ^(A)despises ^(B)the word^[a] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment^[b] will be ^(C)rewarded.

⁹ Give instruction^[a] to a wise man, and he will be ^(A)still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will ^(B)increase in learning.

⁶ Many seek the favor of a generous man,^[a]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives ^(A)gifts.

⁹ lest you give your honor to others
    and your years to the merciless,
¹⁰ lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your ^(A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
¹¹ and at the end of your life you ^(B)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
¹² and you say, ^(C)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart ^(D)despised reproof!
¹³ I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
^14 (E)I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”