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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 abides in the mind of a man of understanding,
    but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not

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 dispenses knowledge,[a]
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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  1. Proverbs 15:2 Cn: Heb makes knowledge good

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 instruction,
    but he who heeds admonition is prudent.

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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;
    not so the minds 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 The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed 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 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it,
    but folly is the chastisement of 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

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
    still less is false speech to a prince.

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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 goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows 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 Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

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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 a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom,
    when he has no mind?

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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 stupid son is a grief to a father;
    and the father of a fool has no joy.

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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 man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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