New King James Version

Proverbs 23:8-14 New King James Version (NKJV)

8. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,And waste your pleasant words.

9. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10. Do not remove the ancient landmark,Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

11. For their Redeemer is mighty;He will plead their cause against you.

12. Apply your heart to instruction,And your ears to words of knowledge.

13. Do not withhold correction from a child,For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

14. You shall beat him with a rod,And deliver his soul from hell.