¹⁶ Whoever obeys the law preserves his life,
⌞but⌟ whoever despises the Lord’s ways will be put to death.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline
so that you may be wise the rest of your life.

²⁵ Strike a mocker, and a gullible person may learn a lesson.
Warn an understanding person, and he will gain more knowledge.

²⁷ If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.