12 Apply your heart to instruction,And your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child,For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,And deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if your heart is wise,My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself;
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoiceWhen your lips speak right things.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
18 For surely there is a hereafter,And your hope will not be cut off.