8  ⁱHear, my son, your father’s instruction,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

20  ^yWisdom cries aloud in the street,

in the markets she raises her voice;

21  at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;

at ^zthe entrance of the city gates she speaks:

22  “How long, O ^asimple ones, will you love being simple?

How long will ^bscoffers delight in their scoffing

and fools ^chate knowledge?

23  If you turn at my reproof,¹

behold, I will ^dpour out my spirit to you;

I will make my words known to you.

24  ^eBecause I have called and ^fyou refused to listen,

have ^gstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

25  because you have ^hignored all my counsel

and ⁱwould have none of my reproof,

26  I also ^jwill laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when ^kterror strikes you,

27  when terror strikes you like ^la storm

and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,

when distress and anguish come upon you.

28  ^mThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;

they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

29  Because they ^chated knowledge

and ⁿdid not choose the fear of the Lord,

30  ^hwould have none of my counsel

and ⁱdespised all my reproof,

31  therefore they shall eat ^othe fruit of their way,

and have ^ptheir fill of their own devices.

32  For the simple are killed by ^qtheir turning away,

and ^rthe complacency of fools destroys them;

33  but ^swhoever listens to me will dwell secure

and will be ^tat ease, without dread of disaster.”

11  ^sMy son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline

or be weary of his reproof,

12  for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,

as ^ta father the son in whom he delights.

4  ^fHear, O sons, a father’s instruction,

and be attentive, that you may ^ggain¹ insight,

7  Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,

and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

8  ^lDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;

^mreprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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

but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

12  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who ^zhates reproof is ^astupid.

13  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.

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

he will not go to the wise.

32  Whoever ^gignores instruction ^hdespises himself,

but he who listens to reproof ⁱgains intelligence.

12  Let a man meet ^ca she-bear robbed of her cubs

^drather than a fool in his folly.

12  Like ^za gold ring or an ornament of gold

is a wise reprover to ^aa listening ear.

17  Iron sharpens iron,

and one man sharpens another.¹

23  Whoever ^prebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than ^qhe who flatters with his tongue.