⁷ Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool,
    much less do lying lips fit a prince.

¹⁰ A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into a fool.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

¹⁶ Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
    since he has no understanding?

²⁴ Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding,
    but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
²⁵ A foolish son brings grief to his father,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise.
    When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.