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

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But among fools it is made known.

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

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The (A)tongue of the wise makes knowledge pleasant,
But the (B)mouth of fools spouts foolishness.

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

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A fool [a]rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.

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  1. Proverbs 15:5 Or despises

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

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
But the hearts of fools are not so.

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

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14 The (A)mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

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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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22 Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it,
But the discipline of fools is foolishness.

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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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[a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are (B)lying lips to a prince.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

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

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into 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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12 Let a (A)person meet a (B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(A)

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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to (A)buy wisdom,
When [a]he has no sense?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
    there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)

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21 He who (A)fathers a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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24 Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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