¹⁸ Poverty and shame `shall be to' him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

⁵ A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

³¹ The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

³² He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

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

²⁵ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned `them' on earth, much more `shall not' we `escape' who turn away from him that `warneth' from heaven:

³ O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

⁴ Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, `and' their backslidings are increased.

⁷ How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

⁸ They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

¹² `As' an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, `So is' a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

¹³ Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

⁹ Give `instruction' to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

⁹ Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors `be' in the house of an alien,

¹¹ And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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!

¹⁴ I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

⁵ Let the righteous smite me, `it shall be' a kindness; And let him reprove me, `it shall be as' oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.