² A fool will not take pleasure in understanding,
    but in expressing his heart.^[a]

⁶ The lips of a fool will bring strife,
    and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.^[a]

¹³ He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as^[a] shame.