Proverbs 19:27-29

The Message

²⁷ If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own,
    you’ll soon be out of your depth.

²⁸ An unprincipled witness desecrates justice;
    the mouths of the wicked spew malice.

²⁹ The irreverent have to learn reverence the hard way;
    only a slap in the face brings fools to attention.