⁴ to teach shrewdness to the simple,
    knowledge and prudence to the young—^(A)

³² For waywardness kills the simple,
    and the complacency of fools destroys them;^(A)

⁷ and I saw among the simple ones,
    I observed among the youths,
    a young man without sense,^(A)

⁵ O simple ones, learn prudence;
    acquire intelligence, you who lack it.^(A)

⁴ “You who are simple, turn in here!”
    To those without sense she says,^(A)

¹⁶ “You who are simple, turn in here!”
    And to those without sense she says,

¹⁵ The simple believe everything,
    but the clever consider their steps.

²⁵ Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.^(A)

¹¹ When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;
    when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.^(A)

³ The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.