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

¹¹ At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,
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.