²⁸ Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
    and discerning if they hold their tongues.^(A)

² Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.^(A)

⁶ The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.^(A)

⁷ The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare^(B) to their very lives.^(C)

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

¹⁰ It is not fitting for a fool^(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!^(B)

²⁹ Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.^(A)

³ It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool^(A) is quick to quarrel.^(B)