Proverbs 14:7-9

The Message

⁷ Escape quickly from the company of fools;
    they’re a waste of your time, a waste of your words.

⁸ The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;
    the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.

⁹ The stupid ridicule right and wrong,
    but a moral life is a favored life.