In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”

Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

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 shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.

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

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

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

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

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

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

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

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.

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.