^7 [a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are ^(B)lying lips to a prince.

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

¹² Let a ^(A)man meet a ^(B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to ^(A)buy wisdom,
When ^[a]he has no sense?

²⁴ Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the ^(A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
²⁵ A ^(B)foolish son is a grief to his father
And ^(C)bitterness to her who bore him.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he ^(A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.