24 Lazy people take food in their handbut don’t even lift it to their mouth.
25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their motherare an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,you will turn your back on knowledge.
28 A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice;the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29 Punishment is made for mockers,and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.