3 My son, forget not my law;
but let thine heart keep my commandments:
² for length of days, and long life, and peace,
shall they add to thee.

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:
    but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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