⁵ may the wise hear and increase learning,
    and the one who understands gain direction,^[a]

¹⁵ The way of a fool is upright in his own eyes,
    but he who listens to advice is wise.

¹⁰ Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

¹³ He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself,
    but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

⁴ He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness,
    and the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

¹⁰ A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

¹³ He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as^[a] shame.

⁵ Deep waters are like purpose in the heart^[a] of a man,
    and a man of understanding will draw it^[b] out.