Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult.

In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.