12 Apply your heart to instruction,and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child,for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with the rod,and deliver his soul from death.
15 My son, if your heart is wise,my heart will rejoice—even mine.
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoicewhen your lips speak right things.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,but continue in the fear of the Lord all day long;
18 for surely there is an end,and your expectation will not be cut off.