¹ Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

¹⁰ There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: Whoever hates reproof shall die.

⁹⁷ How love I your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.

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

¹⁰ and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹ An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, And defies all sound judgment.

⁷ He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

⁸ Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹ Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

³ The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Israel doesn't know, My people don't consider.

³² "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

¹⁷ I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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

¹³ Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

²⁷ Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

⁶ A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this: