Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

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

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

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

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

before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

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

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.

And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.