¹⁰ A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

²⁵ Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,^(A) and they will gain knowledge.^(B)

²⁹ Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.^(A)

³⁰ Blows and wounds scrub^(A) away evil,
    and beatings^(B) purge the inmost being.

¹¹ When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
    by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.^(A)

¹² Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.^(A)