Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies – just like the fool!

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.