³¹ The ear that listens to reproof lives, And will be at home among the wise.

⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

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

²³ Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

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

⁹ Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

²⁰ One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.

²⁰ Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

³ Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

³ You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

⁴ Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.