¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,^(A)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.^(B)

⁹ Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle^(A)
    or they will not come to you.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
    grinding them like grain with a pestle,
    you will not remove their folly from them.

²⁹ Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.^(A)

²⁵ Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,^(A) and they will gain knowledge.^(B)

¹⁰ A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.