33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

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

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A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
    how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

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