¹⁶ Keep the commandments and keep your life;
    despising them leads to death.

²⁰ Get all the advice and instruction you can,
    so you will be wise the rest of your life.

²⁵ If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
    if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

²⁷ If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
    you will turn your back on knowledge.