33 Wisdom (A)rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.[a]
33 Wisdom resides in the heart of the discerning;(A)she is known[a] even among fools.
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.(A)
5 (A)A fool (B)despises his father's instruction, but (C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
5 A fool despises his father’s discipline,but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)
7 (A)The lips of the wise spread knowledge; (B)not so the hearts of fools.[a]
7 The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,but not so the heart of fools.
14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
14 A discerning mind seeks knowledge,(A)but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.(B)
22 Good sense is (A)a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
22 Insight is a fountain of life(A) for its possessor,but the discipline of fools is folly.
7 Fine speech is not (A)becoming to a fool; still less is (B)false speech to a prince.
7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;how much worse are lies for a ruler.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.
12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs (B)rather than a fool in his folly.
12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)than a fool in his foolishness.
16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
16 Why does a fool have money in his handwith no intention of buying wisdom?(A)
21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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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