The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

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

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

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

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