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¹⁶ Those who keep the commandment will live;
   those who are heedless of their ways will die.
¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
   and will be repaid in full.
¹⁸ Discipline your children while there is hope;
   do not set your heart on their destruction.
¹⁹ A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
   if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.^*
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
   that you may gain wisdom for the future.
²¹ The human mind may devise many plans,
   but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
²² What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
   and it is better to be poor than a liar.
²³ The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
   filled with it one rests secure
   and suffers no harm.
²⁴ The lazy person buries a hand in the dish,
   and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
²⁵ Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
   reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
²⁶ Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
   are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
²⁷ Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge,
   in order that you may hear instruction.
²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice,
   and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
²⁹ Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
   and flogging for the backs of fools.