25. Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.
26. He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
28. A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
29. Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.