A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding\par\tab Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
A servant will not be corrected by words;\par\tab For though he understand, he will not give heed.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,\par\tab Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.\par
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;\par\tab And reprove one that hath understanding, {\i and} he will understand knowledge.
A fool despiseth his father's correction;\par\tab But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
A wise son {\i heareth} his father's instruction;\par\tab But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
Let the righteous smite me, {\i it shall be} a kindness;\par\tab And let him reprove me, {\i it shall be as} oil upon the head;\par\tab Let not my head refuse it:\par\tab For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;\par\tab But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion;\par\tab Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.