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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 A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective,
    but a fool looks only[a] to earthly goals.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:24 The Heb. lacks only

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

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15 The mind[a] of a discerning person gains knowledge,
    while the ears of wise people seek out knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 18:15 Lit. heart

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

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Whoever obtains wisdom loves himself,
    and whoever treasures understanding will prosper.

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

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The intentions of a person’s heart are deep waters,
    but a discerning person reveals them.

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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 ear that hears and the eye that sees—
    the Lord surely made them both.

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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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Whoever keeps the Law is a discerning son,
    but whoever keeps company with gluttons
        brings shame to his father.

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