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33 In the heart[a] of him who has understanding, wisdom rests,
    but even in the midst of fools it becomes known.

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Or “mind”

33 Wisdom (A)rests in the heart of a man of understanding,
    but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Or Wisdom rests quietly in the heart of a man of understanding, but makes itself known in the midst of fools

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge,
    but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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(A)A fool (B)despises his father's instruction,
    but (C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

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The lips of the wise will spread knowledge,
    but the heart[a] of fools, not so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or “mind”

(A)The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    (B)not so the hearts of fools.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or the hearts of fools are not steadfast

14 The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge,
    but the faces of fools, they[a] will feed on folly.

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  1. Proverbs 15:14 Hebrew “he/it”

14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

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22 A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner,[a]
    but the instruction[b] of fools is folly.

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  1. Proverbs 16:22 Or “master”
  2. Proverbs 16:22 Or “punishment”

22 Good sense is (A)a fountain of life to him who has it,
    but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Fine speech[a] is not becoming a fool,
    still less[b] is false speech[c] for a ruler.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “A lip of fineness
  2. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “only for”
  3. Proverbs 17:7 Literally “lip of deceit”

Fine speech is not (A)becoming to a fool;
    still less is (B)false speech to a prince.

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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
    and not a fool in his folly.

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12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    (B)rather than a fool in his folly.

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16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
    in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”

16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?

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21 He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him;
    the father of a fool will not rejoice.

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21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
    and the father of a fool has no joy.

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24 He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:24 Or “land”

24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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