3 My son, don’t forget my teaching;
    but let your heart keep my commandments:
² for they will add to you length of days,
    years of life, and peace.

⁷ One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
    One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
⁸ Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
    Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
⁹ Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser.
    Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

13 A wise son listens to his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.