¹¹ Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe his discipline;^(A)

¹² and you will say, ‘How I hated discipline,
and how my heart despised correction.^(A)
13 I didn’t obey my teachers
or listen closely^[a] to my instructors.
¹⁴ I am on the verge of complete ruin
before the entire community.’