7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
32 For the (A)faithlessness of the naive will kill them,And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
35 (A)The wise will inherit honor,But fools [a]increase dishonor.
14 Wise people (A)store up knowledge,But with (B)the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
21 The (A)lips of the righteous feed many,But fools (B)die for lack of [a]understanding.
23 Doing wickedness is like (A)sport to a fool,And so is wisdom to a person of understanding.
29 One who (A)troubles his own house will (B)inherit wind,And (C)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,But (A)the lips of the wise will protect them.
8 The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,But (A)the foolishness of fools is deceit.
9 Fools mock at [a]sin,But (A)among the upright there is [b]goodwill.
16 A wise person [a]is cautious and (A)turns away from evil,But a fool is arrogant and careless.
24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.
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