6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
24 The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.(A)
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