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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
