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19 It is pleasant to see dreams come true,
    but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them.

20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
    associate with fools and get in trouble.

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19 Desire realized is pleasant to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
20 (A)He who walks with the wise will be wise,
But the friend of fools will suffer harm.

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Stay away from fools,
    for you won’t find knowledge on their lips.

The prudent understand where they are going,
    but fools deceive themselves.

Fools make fun of guilt,
    but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

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Leave the (A)presence of a fool,
As you have not known lips of knowledge there.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But (B)the folly of fools is deceit.
Ignorant fools scoff at guilt,
But (C)among the upright there is favor.

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16 The wise are cautious[a] and avoid danger;
    fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.

17 Short-tempered people do foolish things,
    and schemers are hated.

18 Simpletons are clothed with foolishness,[b]
    but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:16 Hebrew The wise fear.
  2. 14:18 Or inherit foolishness.

16 A wise man fears and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool gets angry and feels secure.
17 A quick-tempered man acts in folly,
And a man of evil schemes is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly,
But the prudent are [a]crowned with knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 14:18 Lit surrounded

29 People with understanding control their anger;
    a hot temper shows great foolishness.

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29 He who is (A)slow to anger has great discernment,
But he who is [a]quick-tempered raises up folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:29 Lit short of spirit

Only a fool despises a parent’s[a] discipline;
    whoever learns from correction is wise.

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  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline,
But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

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14 A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
    while the fool feeds on trash.

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14 The (A)heart of the one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

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10 A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
    since he has no heart for learning.

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16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to (A)acquire wisdom,
When [a]he has no heart of wisdom?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

24 Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,
    but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

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24 Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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28 Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
    with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

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28 Even an ignorant fool, when he (A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered understanding.

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Fools have no interest in understanding;
    they only want to air their own opinions.

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A fool does not delight in discernment,
But only (A)in revealing his own heart.

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13 Spouting off before listening to the facts
    is both shameful and foolish.

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13 He who (A)responds with a word before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.

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