33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(B)

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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
    how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)

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Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

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12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(A)

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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
    there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)

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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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