¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but he who listens to counsel is wise.

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

¹⁰ Only by pride comes contention,
    but with the well-advised is wisdom.

¹³ Whoever despises the word will be destroyed,
    but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

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

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

18 He who separates himself seeks his own desire;
    he seeks and quarrels against all wisdom.

² A fool has no delight in understanding,
    but in expressing his own heart.

¹³ He who answers a matter before he hears it,
    it is folly and shame to him.

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