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

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 you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

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

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way.

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

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

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

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

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.