¹¹ ¶ My son, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieved with his correction.

^12 (A)For the Lord correcteth him, whom he loveth, even as the father doth the child, in whom he delighteth.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,

¹⁷ I love them that love me: and they that seek me ^[a]early shall find me.

²¹ That I may cause them that love me, to inherit substance, and I will fill their treasures.

⁸ Rebuke not a ^[a]scorner, lest he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹² Hatred stirreth up contentions: ^(A)but love covereth all trespasses.

^24 (A)He that spareth his rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betime.

²² Do not they err that imagine evil? but to them that think on good things, shall be mercy and truth.

⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth righteousness.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of green herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.