¹⁰ A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

¹¹ An evil person desires only rebellion;
a cruel messenger^[a](A) will be sent against him.

²⁰ Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.^[a](A)

²⁷ If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.

² A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.^(A)