¹⁹ A desire fulfilled is pleasant,
    but fools find deviating from evil disgusting.
²⁰ Walk with wise people and become wise;
    befriend fools and get in trouble.

⁷ Stay away from fools,
    for you won’t learn wise speech there.
⁸ By their wisdom the prudent understand their way,
    but the stupidity of fools deceives them.
⁹ Fools mock a compensation offering,
    but favor is with those who do right.

¹⁶ The wise are careful and avoid evil,
    but fools become excited and overconfident.
¹⁷ Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes,
    and schemers are hated.
¹⁸ Stupidity is the lot of the naive,
    but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

²⁹ Patience leads to abundant understanding,
    but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.

⁵ A fool doesn’t like a father’s instruction,
    but those who heed correction are mature.

¹⁴ An understanding heart seeks knowledge;
    but fools feed on folly.

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

¹⁶ Why should a fool have money
    to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

²⁴ Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
    but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.

²⁸ Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
    those who shut their lips are smart.