33 Wisdom resides in the heart of the discerning;(A)
she is known[a] even among fools.

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  1. 14:33 LXX reads unknown

33 In the heart[a] of him who has understanding, wisdom rests,
    but even in the midst of fools it becomes known.

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Or “mind”

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.(A)

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The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge,
    but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

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A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)

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A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.

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The lips of the wise will spread knowledge,
    but the heart[a] of fools, not so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or “mind”

14 A discerning mind seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.(B)

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14 The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge,
    but the faces of fools, they[a] will feed on folly.

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  1. Proverbs 15:14 Hebrew “he/it”

22 Insight is a fountain of life(A) for its possessor,
but the discipline of fools is folly.

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22 A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner,[a]
    but the instruction[b] of fools is folly.

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  1. Proverbs 16:22 Or “master”
  2. Proverbs 16:22 Or “punishment”

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

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Fine speech[a] is not becoming a fool,
    still less[b] is false speech[c] for a ruler.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “A lip of fineness
  2. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “only for”
  3. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “lip of deceit”

10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

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12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
    and not a fool in his folly.

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16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
    in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”

21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)

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21 He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him;
    the father of a fool will not rejoice.

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24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

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24 He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:24 Or “land”