⁷ “If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will get insulted.
    If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
⁸ Do not correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, or he will hate you.
    But correct a wise man, and he will love you.
⁹ Teach a wise man, and he will become even wiser.
    Teach a good man, and he will learn even more.

⁸ A wise person does what he is told.
    But a talkative fool will be ruined.

¹⁵ A foolish person thinks he is doing right.
    But a wise person listens to advice.

13 A wise son takes his father’s advice.
    But a person who makes fun of wisdom won’t listen to correction.

¹³ Whoever rejects what he is taught will pay for it.
    But whoever does what he is told will be rewarded.

³¹ A wise person pays attention to correction
    that will improve his life.

¹⁰ A wise man will learn more from a warning
    than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

¹⁶ Whoever obeys the commands protects his life.
    Whoever is careless in what he does will die.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept correction.
    Then in the end you will be wise.