7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;how much worse are lies for a ruler.
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.
12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)than a fool in his foolishness.
16 Why does a fool have money in his handwith no intention of buying wisdom?(A)
24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is grief to his fatherand bitterness to the one who bore him.(B)
28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent,discerning when he seals his lips.(A)
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