⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

²² “How long, ye simple ones, will ye love to be simple, and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

³² For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them;

⁵ O ye simple, understand wisdom; and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵ to call passers by who go rightly on their ways:

¹⁶ “Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither.” And as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁷ “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The proverbs of Solomon:

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth slander, is a fool.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

¹⁶ A fool’s wrath is known at once, but a prudent man covereth shame.