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33 Wisdom resides in an understanding heart,
    but it’s not[a] known in fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:33 LXX; MT lacks not.

The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge,
    but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.

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A fool doesn’t like a father’s instruction,
    but those who heed correction are mature.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
    but the hearts of fools have none.

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14 An understanding heart seeks knowledge;
    but fools feed on folly.

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22 One who has insight is a fountain of life,
    but the instruction of the foolish is folly.

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Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
    even less so false speech for an honorable person.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than fools in their folly.

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16 Why should a fool have money
    to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

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21 Having a fool for a son brings grief;
    there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.

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24 Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
    but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.

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