25. Strike a scoffer and the naïve will learn caution. rebuke a discerning person and he will gain knowledge.
26. He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace!
27. My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge.
28. A crooked witness scorns justice, and a wicked mouth devours iniquity.
29. Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and floggings for the back of fools.