let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

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that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
    that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

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35 The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

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35 The wise will inherit glory,
    but shame will be the promotion of fools.

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Do not rebuke mockers(A) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(B)
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(C)

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Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
    Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser.
    Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

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14 The wise store up knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.(B)

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14 Wise men lay up knowledge,
    but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.(A)

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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.
    The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,(A)
    but the lips of the wise protect them.(B)

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The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back,
    but the lips of the wise protect them.

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16 The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,(A)
    but a fool(B) is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

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16 A wise man fears and shuns evil,
    but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
    but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(B)

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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
    not so with the heart of fools.

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21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
    Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

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23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,(A)
    and their lips promote instruction.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive

23 The heart of the wise instructs his mouth,
    and adds learning to his lips.

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