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Chapter 18

One who is alienated seeks a pretext,
    with all persistence picks a quarrel.
Fools take no delight in understanding,
    but only in displaying what they think.[a]
With wickedness comes contempt,
    and with disgrace, scorn.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:2 One grows in wisdom by listening to others, but fools take delight in expounding the contents of their minds.