¹²Commit yourself to instruction;listen carefully to words of knowledge.
¹³Don’t fail to discipline your children.The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
¹⁴Physical disciplinemay well save them from death.#23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.
¹⁵My child,#23:15 Hebrew My son; also in 23:19. if your heart is wise,my own heart will rejoice!
¹⁶Everything in me will celebratewhen you speak what is right.
¹⁷Don’t envy sinners,but always continue to fear the Lord.
¹⁸You will be rewarded for this;your hope will not be disappointed.
¹⁹My child, listen and be wise:Keep your heart on the right course.
²⁰Do not carouse with drunkardsor feast with gluttons,
²¹for they are on their way to poverty,and too much sleep clothes them in rags.