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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 reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

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

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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 spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(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 spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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

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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 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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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 lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
    how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)

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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 impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes 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 to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

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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 should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(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 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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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 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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