⁶ The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.^(A)

⁷ Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,^(B)
    but the folly of fools is deception.^(C)

⁹ Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.