¹¹ My son, despise not the ^[a]chastening of Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
¹² For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
And call understanding thy ^[a]kinswoman:

¹⁷ I love them that love me;
And those that seek me ^[a]diligently shall find me.

²¹ That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,
And that I may fill their treasuries.

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgressions.

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son;
But he that loveth him chasteneth him ^[a]betimes.

^22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah;
But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

¹⁷ Better is a ^[a]dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.