⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments:
    but a prating fool shall fall.

¹⁷ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
    but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
    and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

12 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
    but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

13 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction:
    but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

¹⁸ Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction:
    but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

⁵ A fool despiseth his father’s instruction:
    but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

¹⁰ Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:
    and he that hateth reproof shall die.

¹² A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
    neither will he go unto the wise.

³¹ The ear that heareth the reproof of life
    abideth among the wise.

³² He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:
    but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.