⁷ Fancy words don’t belong in the mouths of ungodly fools.
    And lies certainly don’t belong in the mouths of rulers!

¹⁰ A person who understands what is right learns more from just a warning
    than a foolish person learns from 100 strokes with a whip.

¹² It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen
    than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.

¹⁶ Why should a foolish person try to buy wisdom?
    They are not even able to understand it.

²⁴ Anyone who understands what is right keeps wisdom in view.
    But the eyes of a foolish person look everywhere else.

²⁵ A foolish child makes his father sad
    and his mother sorry.

²⁸ We think even foolish people are wise if they keep silent.
    We think they understand what is right if they control their tongues.