⁵ the wise man also may hear and increase in learning,
    and the man of understanding acquire skill,

¹³ On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found,
    but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

³³ Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding,
    but it is not^[a] known in the heart of fools.

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

²⁴ The wise man’s path leads upward to life,
    that he may avoid Sheol beneath.