⁸ The wise are glad to be instructed,
    but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

12 To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

⁶ Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
    they are asking for a beating.

⁷ The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    they trap themselves with their lips.

⁹ Instruct the wise,
    and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
    and they will learn even more.

⁵ Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
    Let those with understanding receive guidance

¹² Wise words bring approval,
    but fools are destroyed by their own words.

²³ Work brings profit,
    but mere talk leads to poverty!

⁸ The prudent understand where they are going,
    but fools deceive themselves.