⁶ A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none,
    but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent.

²⁹ Patience leads to abundant understanding,
    but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.

³³ Wisdom resides in an understanding heart,
    but it’s not^[a] known in fools.

³² Those who refuse discipline despise themselves,
    but those who listen to correction gain understanding.

²¹ The skilled mind is called discerning,
    and pleasant speech enhances teaching.

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

²⁷ Wise are those who restrain their talking;
    people with understanding are coolheaded.

² Fools find no pleasure in understanding,
    but only in expressing their opinion.