¹ Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

¹⁰ There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; `And' he that hateth reproof shall die.

⁹⁷ Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹ He that separateth himself seeketh `his own' desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

⁷ He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man `getteth' himself a blot.

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹ Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, `Else' they will not come near unto thee.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; `but' Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

³² Now therefore, `my' sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

¹⁷ I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

¹³ Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

¹⁰ For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this: