Fine speech is not (A)becoming to a fool;
    still less is (B)false speech to a prince.

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Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
    even less so false speech for an honorable person.

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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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10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    (B)rather than a fool in his folly.

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12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than fools in their folly.

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16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?

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16 Why should a fool have money
    to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

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24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 (B)A foolish son is a grief to his father
    (C)and bitterness to (D)her who bore him.

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24 Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
    but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.
25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
    and bitter to her who gave birth to him.

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28 Even a fool (A)who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

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28 Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
    those who shut their lips are smart.

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