Whoever loves discipline loves to learn; whoever hates to be corrected is stupid.
Whoever stops living right will be punished. Whoever hates to be corrected will be destroyed.
Some people like to do things their own way, and they get upset when people give them advice.
Stupid people don’t know this. Fools don’t understand.
Don’t be like a stupid horse or mule that will not come to you unless you put a bit in its mouth and pull it with reins.”
The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to fool those who are lost. They are lost because they refused to love the truth and be saved.
I love those who love me, and those who look for me will find me.
“Now, children, listen to me. If you follow my ways, you will be happy too.
A bull knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand.”
Help me understand your instructions, and I will think about your wonderful teachings.
You hate for me to tell you what to do. You ignore what I say.
But those who do not find me put their lives in danger. Whoever hates me loves death.”
If good people are rewarded here on earth, then surely those who do evil will also get what they deserve.
It is good to learn what pleases the Lord, because he condemns those who plan to do wrong.
I am stupid. I am not as smart as other people are.
He must look at that person. If there is a white swelling on the skin, if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling,
If good people correct me, I will consider it a good thing. If they criticize me, I will accept it like a warm welcome. But my prayer will always be against the wicked and the evil they do.
The wise accept instruction, but fools argue and bring trouble on themselves.