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24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding,
    but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

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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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15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.
    The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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15 The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks it.(A)

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He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
    He who keeps understanding shall find good.

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The one who acquires good sense[a] loves himself;
one who safeguards understanding finds success.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:8 Lit acquires a heart

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;(A)
but a person of understanding draws it out.

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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
    Yahweh has made even both of them.

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.(A)

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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;
    but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)

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