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

⁵ A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.^(A)

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)

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

¹² Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.^(A)

¹³ Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,^(A)
    but whoever respects^(B) a command is rewarded.^(C)

⁹ Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.^(A)

⁶ Many curry favor with a ruler,^(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.^(B)

⁹ lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(A)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
¹² You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!^(B)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴ And I was soon in serious trouble^(C)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”^(D)