Proverbs

²³The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. [Job 5:19; Ps. 91:3; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 6:27; II Tim. 4:8.] ²⁴The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. ²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. ²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge. ²⁸A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. ²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]