⁸ My son, hearken unto the chastening of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²⁰ ¶ Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:

²¹ She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the entrance to the gates of the city she utters her words, saying,

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?

²³ Return at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴ Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one responded;

²⁵ for because ye have disregarded all my counsel and rejected my reproof:

²⁶ I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes upon you;

²⁷ when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you.

²⁸ Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

³⁰ They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

³¹ Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

³² For the rest of the ignorant shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³³ But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely and shall rest from the fear of evil.

¹¹ My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

¹² For the LORD chastens whom he loves and delights in, even as a father to his son.

4 ¶ Hearken, ye sons, unto the chastening of the father, and pay attention that ye might know understanding.

⁷ He that chastens a scorner brings shame unto himself, and he that chastens a wicked man brings himself a blot.

⁸ Chasten not a scorner lest he hate thee; chasten a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁷ ¶ He is in the way of life that gives heed to chastening, but he that refuses reproof errs.

12 ¶ Whosoever loves chastening loves knowledge, but he that hates reproof is carnal.

13 ¶ A wise son takes his father’s chastening: but a scorner does not hear rebuke.

¹⁸ ¶ Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses chastening: but he that regards reproof shall be honoured.

⁵ ¶ The fool despises his father’s chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.