8  ^qThe wise of heart will receive commandments,

but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

17  Whoever heeds instruction is on ^dthe path to life,

but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

29  Whoever ^utroubles his own household will ^vinherit the wind,

and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who ^zhates reproof is ^astupid.

1  A wise son hears his father’s instruction,

but ^qa scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

18  Poverty and disgrace come to him who ^tignores instruction,

^ubut whoever ^vheeds reproof is honored.

5  ^kA fool ^ldespises his father’s instruction,

but ^mwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.

10  There is ^rsevere discipline for him who forsakes the way;

^swhoever hates reproof will die.

12  ^uA scoffer ^vdoes not like to be reproved;

he will not go to the wise.

31  ^eThe ear that listens to ^flife-giving reproof

will dwell among the wise.

32  Whoever ^gignores instruction ^hdespises himself,

but he who listens to reproof ⁱgains intelligence.

14  ^eA king’s wrath is a messenger of death,

and a wise man will ^fappease it.

15  ^gIn the light of a king’s face there is life,

and his ^dfavor is like ^hthe clouds that bring the spring rain.

2  A servant who deals wisely will rule over ⁿa son who acts shamefully

and ^owill share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

10  A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding

than a hundred blows into a fool.

11  An evil man seeks only rebellion,

and ^ba cruel messenger will be sent against him.

20  Listen to advice and accept instruction,

that you may gain wisdom in ^hthe future.

27  Cease to hear instruction, my son,

^vand you will stray from the words of knowledge.

2  The terror of a king is like ^bthe growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger ^cforfeits his life.

6  Many a man ^hproclaims his own steadfast love,

but ⁱa faithful man who can find?

8  ^lA king who sits on the throne of judgment

^mwinnows all evil with his eyes.

11  Even a child ^pmakes himself known by his acts,

by whether his conduct is pure and upright.¹

30  ^xBlows that wound cleanse away evil;

strokes make clean ^tthe innermost parts.

1  The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;

he ^yturns it wherever he will.

11  He who ^floves purity of heart,

and whose ^gspeech is gracious, ^hwill have the king as his friend.

2  It is the glory of God to ⁿconceal things,

but the glory of kings is to ^osearch things out.

3  As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,

so the heart of kings is ^punsearchable.

4  Take away ^qthe dross from the silver,

and ^rthe smith has material for a vessel;

5  take away ^sthe wicked from the presence of the king,

and his ^tthrone will be established in righteousness.

6  Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence

or stand in the place of the great,

7  for ^uit is better to be told, “Come up here,”

than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

18  ^rWhoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and he who ^sguards his master will be honored.