for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

Thirty Sayings of the Wise

Saying 1

17 Pay attention(A) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(B)
    apply your heart to what I teach,(C)

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It is better to heed the rebuke(A) of a wise person
    than to listen to the song of fools.

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12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(A)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.(B)

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