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10 Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined;
    whoever hates correction will die.

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12 To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

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The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

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20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

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17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
    but those who ignore correction will go astray.

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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

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13 Your impurity is your lewdness
    and the corruption of your idolatry.
I tried to cleanse you,
    but you refused.
So now you will remain in your filth
    until my fury against you has been satisfied.

14 “I, the Lord, have spoken! The time has come, and I won’t hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign Lord.”

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35 And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it.
    I didn’t even know it when they beat me up.
When will I wake up
    so I can look for another drink?”

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13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.

30 They rejected my advice
    and paid no attention when I corrected them.

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The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the Lord for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Jehoshaphat replied, “That’s not the way a king should talk! Let’s hear what he has to say.”

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20 “So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.

“Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

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17 When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”

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Why do you continue to invite punishment?
    Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
    and your heart is sick.
You are battered from head to foot—
    covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds—
    without any soothing ointments or bandages.

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