¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

⁹ With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(A)

¹⁶ All who are prudent act with^[a] knowledge,
    but fools expose^(A) their folly.^(B)

¹⁸ The simple inherit folly,
    but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

² The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.^(B)