“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.