¹⁰ A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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.

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

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

¹ A wise son `heareth' his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

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

²⁵ Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, `and' he will understand knowledge.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

¹⁹ A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.