13 The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,(A)
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.(B)

14 A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,(C)
turning people away from the snares of death.(D)

15 Good sense wins favor,(E)
but the way of the treacherous never changes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:15 LXX, Syr, Tg read treacherous will perish

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