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)

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.^(A)

³¹ Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.^(A)

³² Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,^(B)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.^(C)

³³ Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,^(D)
    and humility comes before honor.^(E)