⁵ The wise will pay attention to these words and will grow in learning,
    and the discerning will receive divine guidance,

¹³ Wisdom lives where insightful words are spoken,
    but harsh punishment awaits the senseless.

³³ Wisdom rests in the heart of one with insight
    and can even be experienced by fools.

¹⁴ Those who have understanding hearts hunger after knowledge,
    but those with no understanding feast on foolishness.

²⁴ For the wise the road of life climbs up steep grades
    in order to avoid the slide down to the grave.

²¹ The wise at heart have a reputation for understanding;
    pleasant words make the lips more persuasive.

¹⁵ Clever people go after knowledge to obtain it,
    and wise people attune their ears to hear it.

²⁵ If you beat one who mocks, the naive will see and learn a lesson;
    if you correct someone with understanding, that’s all he needs to grow a little wiser.

² Where there is rebellion in a land,
    there are many petty and contending rulers;
But where there is a wise and intelligent leader,
    peace and order endure.