⁴ Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
    but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
⁵ Men of evil do not understand justice,
    but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.^[a]

⁹ He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,
    even his prayer is an abomination.

¹⁴ Happy is the person who fears continuously,
    but he who is stubborn of heart,^[a] will fall into calamity.

²³ He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
    than he who flatters with the tongue.