⁶ The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.^(A)

⁷ Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,^(B)
    but the folly of fools is deception.^(C)

⁹ Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.

¹¹ The house of the wicked will be destroyed,^(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.^(B)

¹² There is a way that appears to be right,^(C)
    but in the end it leads to death.^(D)

¹⁹ Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.^(A)