Pro 13:1 | NET2full | STEP | A wise son accepts his father’s discipline , but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke .

‏ Proverbs 13:1

1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, ^{▼▼tc The MT reads “a wise son, discipline of a father.” Instead of מוּסָר (musar, “discipline”), G. R. Driver suggested reading this word as מְיֻסַּר (meyussar, “allows himself to be disciplined”); see his “Hebrew Notes on Prophets and Proverbs,” JTS 41 (1940): 174. A few Medieval Hebrew manuscripts, the LXX, and the Syriac read יִשְׁמַע (yishmaʿ) “a wise son listens to/obeys his father.” The translation, “accepts…discipline,” reflects the notion intended by either.}
but a scoffer ^{▼▼sn The “scoffer” is the worst kind of fool. He has no respect for authority, reviles worship of God, and is unteachable because he thinks he knows it all. The change to a stronger word in the second colon—“rebuke” (גָּעַר, gaʿar)—shows that he does not respond to instruction on any level. Cf. NLT “a young mocker,” taking this to refer to the opposite of the “wise son” in the first colon.} has never listened to ^{▼▼tn Heb “has not listened.” The perfect verb has been chosen to emphasize the past pattern of the scoffer.} rebuke.