¹¹ At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
¹² You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!^(A)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴ And I was soon in serious trouble^(B)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”^(C)

⁷ Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.^(A)
8 Do not rebuke mockers^(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(C)
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.^(D)

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.^(A)

¹⁸ Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,^(A)
    but whoever heeds correction is honored.^(B)

⁵ A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.^(A)