33 Wisdom resides in the heart of the discerning;(A)
she is known[a] even among fools.

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  1. 14:33 LXX reads unknown

33 Wisdom is at rest in the mind of the discerning—
    even fools know this.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 So MT; LXX reads but in the heart of fools it is not discerned

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.(A)

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The wise speak, presenting[a] knowledge appropriately,
    but fools spout foolishness.

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  1. Proverbs 15:2 Lit. The tongues of the wise present

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)

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A fool rejects his father’s instructions,
    but anyone who respects[a] reproof acts sensibly.

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  1. Proverbs 15:5 Lit. keeps

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.

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What the wise have to say disseminates[a] knowledge,
    but it’s not in the heart of fools to do so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Lit. The lips of the wise spread

14 A discerning mind seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.(B)

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14 A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
    but the mouth of fools feeds on stupidity.

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22 Insight is a fountain of life(A) for its possessor,
but the discipline of fools is folly.

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22 Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life,
    but foolishness brings punishment to fools.

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Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

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Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool;
    how much more are deceitful statements[a] with a prince!

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit. lips

10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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12 It’s better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs
    than a fool in his stupidity.

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16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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16 What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom,
    but is senseless?[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit. but has no heart

21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)

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21 The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow—
    the father of a fool has no joy.

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24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

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24 A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective,
    but a fool looks only[a] to earthly goals.

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  1. Proverbs 17:24 The Heb. lacks only