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13 Intelligent people speak words of wisdom, but fools must be punished before they learn their lesson.[a]

14 Wise people are quiet and learn new things, but fools talk and bring trouble on themselves.

15 Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 10:13 Literally, “Wisdom can be found on the lips of the intelligent, but a rod on the back of fools.” This is a wordplay. In Hebrew, “lip” sounds like “rod.”

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