5  ^lLet a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;

let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;

let my head not refuse it.

Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

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

but whoever ^qheeds reproof is honored.

23  ^oWhoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than he who flatters with his tongue.

5  It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise

than to hear the song of fools.