³³ In the heart^[a] of him who has understanding, wisdom rests,
    but even in the midst of fools it becomes known.

² The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge,
    but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

⁵ A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

⁷ The lips of the wise will spread knowledge,
    but the heart^[a] of fools, not so.

¹⁴ The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge,
    but the faces of fools, they^[a] will feed on folly.

²² A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner,^[a]
    but the instruction^[b] of fools is folly.

⁷ Fine speech^[a] is not becoming a fool,
    still less^[b] is false speech^[c] for a ruler.

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

¹² May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
    and not a fool in his folly.

¹⁶ Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
    in order to buy wisdom where^[a] there is no sense.^[b]