“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

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

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.

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

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.