³⁵ Wise people inherit honor,
but proud fools receive disgrace.

⁸ Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you.
Warn a wise person, and he will love you.
⁹ Give advice to a wise person, and he will become even wiser.
Teach a righteous person, and he will add to his learning.

¹⁴ Wise people store up knowledge,
but the mouth of a stubborn fool brings ruin.

²⁹ Whoever troubles his household will inherit the wind,
and a stubborn fool will be a slave to a person with a wise heart.

³ In the mouth of a stubborn fool there is a proud rod,^[a]
but the lips of the wise protect them.

¹⁶ A wise person fears and turns from evil,
but a fool is rash and overconfident.

²⁴ Their wealth is a crown for the wise,
but the stupidity of fools is just stupidity.

² The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge,
but the mouths of fools spout stupidity.

⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
but the heart of fools—not so.