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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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‘How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
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For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
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The wise will inherit honour, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
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Folly’s Invitation and Promise
The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
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The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
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The wise lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.
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Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
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The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
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Doing wrong is like sport to a fool, but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.
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Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
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Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.
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Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult.
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One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.
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The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
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A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
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Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
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The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
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The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
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Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.
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It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
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Fools mock at the guilt-offering, but the upright enjoy God’s favour.
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The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.
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One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.
