16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(A)

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16 Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives;
    those who disregard their ways will die.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    so you might grow wise in the future.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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25 Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever;
    correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.

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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline,
    you will wander away from words of knowledge.

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