⁷ Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
    Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
⁸ So don’t bother correcting mockers;
    they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
    and they will love you.
⁹ Instruct the wise,
    and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
    and they will learn even more.

⁸ The wise are glad to be instructed,
    but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

¹⁵ Fools think their own way is right,
    but the wise listen to others.

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

¹³ People who despise advice are asking for trouble;
    those who respect a command will succeed.

³¹ If you listen to constructive criticism,
    you will be at home among the wise.

¹⁰ A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

¹⁶ Keep the commandments and keep your life;
    despising them leads to death.

²⁰ Get all the advice and instruction you can,
    so you will be wise the rest of your life.