3 My son, don’t forget my instruction,
and keep my commandments carefully in mind.^[a]
2 For they will add length to your days, years to your life,
    and abundant peace to you.

⁷ Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult,^[a]
    and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
⁸ Don’t rebuke a mocker or he will hate you.
    Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.
⁹ Counsel a wise man,
    and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man,
    and he will add to his learning.

⁸ The wise person^[a] accepts commands,
    but the chattering fool will be brought down.

13 A wise son heeds^[a] a father’s correction,
but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.