12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15. My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
16. Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
17. Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
18. For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
20. Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.