“Listen now to my argument, ¹  and be attentive to my lips’ contentions. ² 

I would lay out my case ¹  before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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

in order to take ¹  revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

because ¹  you neglected ²  all my advice, and did not comply ³  with my rebuke,

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned ¹  all my rebuke.

Better is open ¹  rebuke than hidden ²  love.

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, ¹  and do not loathe ²  his rebuke.

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

The one who heeds instruction ¹  is on the way to ²  life, but the one who rejects ³  rebuke goes astray.

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, ¹  but the one who hates reproof is stupid. ² 

The one who neglects ¹  discipline ends up in ²  poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored. ³ 

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense. ¹ 

Severe discipline ¹  is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof ²  will die.

The person ¹  who hears the reproof that leads to life ²  is at home ³  among the wise. ⁴ 

The one who refuses correction despises himself, ¹  but whoever hears ²  reproof acquires understanding. ³ 

The one who stiffens his neck ¹  after numerous rebukes ²  will suddenly be destroyed ³  without remedy. ⁴ 

A rod and reproof ¹  impart ²  wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained ³  brings shame ⁴  to his mother. ⁵ 

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. ¹ 

If only ¹  you will respond ²  to my rebuke, ³  then ⁴  I will pour ⁵  out my thoughts ⁶  to you and ⁷  I will make ⁸  my words known to you.