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The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    not so with the heart of fools.

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14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

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20 A wise son makes a father glad,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,
    but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the wise,
    to keep him from going downward to Sheol.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:24 Sheol is the place of the dead.