¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

³⁰ The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

¹¹ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

¹² As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.