¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.^(A)

¹³ Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,^(B)
    but whoever respects^(C) a command is rewarded.^(D)

¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,^(E)
    turning a person from the snares of death.^(F)