⁵ Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

⁵ The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.

³¹ An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

³² Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

¹⁸ Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

¹² Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

¹³ Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

¹⁰ Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

¹⁹ `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;