24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.
15 An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
15 The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge,and the ear of the wise seeks it.(A)
8 (A)Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will (B)discover good.
8 The one who acquires good sense[a] loves himself;one who safeguards understanding finds success.(A)
5 The purpose in a man's heart is like (A)deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5 Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water;(A)but a man of understanding draws it out.
12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye, (B)the Lord has made them both.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord made them both.(A)
7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.
7 A discerning son keeps the law,but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)
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