¹⁵ The way of fools seems right to them,^(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.^(B)

¹² Mockers resent correction,^(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

² All a person’s ways seem pure to them,^(A)
    but motives are weighed^(B) by the Lord.^(C)

²² Plans fail for lack of counsel,^(A)
    but with many advisers^(B) they succeed.^(C)

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)

²³ The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,^(A)
    and their lips promote instruction.^[a](B)

¹¹ Like apples^[a] of gold in settings of silver^(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

²⁴ Gracious words are a honeycomb,^(A)
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.^(B)