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 The discerning person looks to wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.(A)

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15 The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks it.(A)

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15 An intelligent mind acquires knowledge,
    and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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The one who acquires good sense[a] loves himself;
one who safeguards understanding finds success.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:8 Lit acquires a heart

To get wisdom is to love oneself;
    to keep understanding is to prosper.(A)

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Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;(A)
but a person of understanding draws it out.

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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.(A)

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.(A)

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)

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Those who keep the law are wise children,
    but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)

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