¹⁶ Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.^(A)

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)

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

²⁷ Stop listening to instruction, my son,^(A)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.