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33 Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
    but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.(A)

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  1. 14.33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not

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

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 LXX reads unknown

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)

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

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A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
    but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)

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

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    not so the minds of fools.

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

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14 The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

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

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22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it,
    but folly is the punishment of fools.(A)

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

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Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
    still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]

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  1. 17.7 Or a noble

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

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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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

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12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
    than to confront a fool immersed in folly.(A)

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

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16 Why should fools have a price in hand
    to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

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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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21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
    the parent of a fool has no joy.(A)

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

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24 The discerning person looks to wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.(A)

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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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