²⁵ The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence,
    and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.
²⁶ He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
    is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
²⁷ Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray^[a] from sayings of knowledge.