¹⁰ A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
¹¹ An evil person will seek only rebellion,
    and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept instruction
    so that you will gain wisdom for your future.^[a]

²⁷ Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray^[a] from sayings of knowledge.

² Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
    he who provokes him forfeits his life.^[a]

⁶ Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
    but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows all evil with his eyes.

¹¹ Even by his acts, a young man^[a] will make himself known,
    whether his acts are pure and upright.

³⁰ The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will^[a] beatings of the innermost part.^[b]