23  For the commandment is a ^elamp and the teaching a light,

and the ^freproofs of ^gdiscipline are the way of life,

18  Poverty and ^odisgrace come to him who ^pignores instruction,

but whoever ^qheeds reproof is honored.

31  The ear that listens to life-giving reproof

will dwell among the wise.

32  Whoever ^dignores ^einstruction despises himself,

but he who listens to reproof ^fgains intelligence.

25  Strike a scoffer, and the ^csimple will learn prudence;

^dreprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

15  ^gThe rod and ^hreproof give wisdom,

but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.