for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;

for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—

let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

Listen, my son, to your father`s instruction and do not forsake your mother`s teaching.

They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.

But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

My son, do not despise the Lord`s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Listen, my sons, to a father`s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.

Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.

Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.

Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;

for they are life to those who find them and health to one`s whole body.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,

Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.

You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.

And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God`s people.”

For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

My son, keep your father`s command and do not forsake your mother`s teaching.

Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.

When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.

Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.

Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.

Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

A wise son heeds his father`s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded.

Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

A fool spurns a parent`s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.

Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise.

Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

Wisdom`s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor.

Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?

Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

Punish them with the rod and save them from death.

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,

I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.

Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.

Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.

A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.

“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.