⁵ A wise man will hear and will increase learning, and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsel

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

13 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

¹⁰ Only by pride cometh contention, but with the welladvised is wisdom.

¹³ Whoso despiseth the Word shall be destroyed, but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips, and a liar giveth ear to a wicked tongue.

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

18 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

² A fool hath no delight in understanding, unless his heart may discover itself.

¹³ He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.