⁵ Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
    Let those with understanding receive guidance

⁵ Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
    Let those with understanding receive guidance
⁶ by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

¹⁵ Fools think their own way is right,
    but the wise listen to others.

13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;^[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

¹⁰ Pride leads to conflict;
    those who take advice are wise.

¹³ People who despise advice are asking for trouble;
    those who respect a command will succeed.

⁴ Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip;
    liars pay close attention to slander.

¹⁰ A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

18 Unfriendly people care only about themselves;
    they lash out at common sense.

² Fools have no interest in understanding;
    they only want to air their own opinions.

¹³ Spouting off before listening to the facts
    is both shameful and foolish.