⁷ Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.^(A)
8 Do not rebuke mockers^(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(C)
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.^(D)

² All a person’s ways seem pure to them,^(A)
    but motives are weighed^(B) by the Lord.^(C)

²⁵ There is a way that appears to be right,^(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.^(B)

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)