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The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
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A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
