<p class="poetry">Fools mock<n id="1" /> at reparation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but among the upright there is favor.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is the beginning<n id="2" /> of moral knowledge,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="4" /> fools<n id="5" /> despise<n id="6" /> wisdom and instruction.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wise person<n id="1" /> accepts instructions,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who speaks foolishness<n id="3" /> will come to ruin.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who winks<n id="1" /> his<n id="2" /> eye causes<n id="3" /> trouble,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who speaks foolishness<n id="4" /> will come to ruin.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are wise<n id="1" /> store up<n id="2" /> knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">but foolish speech<n id="3" /> leads to imminent<n id="4" /> destruction.p>

<p class="poetry">The teaching<n id="1" /> of the righteous feeds<n id="2" /> many,p> <p class="poetry">but fools die<n id="3" /> for lack of wisdom.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who troubles<n id="1" /> his family<n id="2" /> will inherit nothing,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the fool<n id="4" /> will be a servant to the wise person.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The way of a fool<n id="1" /> is right<n id="2" /> in his own opinion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who listens to advice is wise.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A fool&#8217;s annoyance<n id="1" /> is known at once,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the prudent<n id="3" /> overlooks<n id="4" /> an insult.p>

<p class="poetry">In<n id="1" /> the speech<n id="2" /> of a fool is a rod for his back,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the words<n id="4" /> of the wise protect them.p>

<p class="poetry">A fool rejects his father&#8217;s discipline,p> <p class="poetry">but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Insight<n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a life-giving fountain<n id="3" /> to the one who possesses it,p> <p class="poetry">but folly leads to the discipline of fools.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even a fool who remains silent is considered<n id="1" /> wise,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is an honor for a person<n id="1" /> to cease<n id="2" /> from strife,p> <p class="poetry">but every fool quarrels.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wisdom is unattainable<n id="1" /> for a fool;p> <p class="poetry">in court<n id="2" /> he does not open his mouth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,p> <p class="poetry">but vexation<n id="1" /> by a fool is more burdensome<n id="2" /> than the two of them.p>

<p class="poetry">Suddenly he went<n id="1" /> after herp> <p class="poetry">like an ox that goes to the slaughter,p> <p class="poetry">like a stag prancing into a trapper&#8217;s snare<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you should pound<n id="1" /> the fool in the mortarp> <p class="poetry">among the grain<n id="2" /> with the pestle,p> <p class="poetry">his foolishness would not depart from him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If a wise person<n id="1" /> goes to court<n id="2" /> with a foolish person,p> <p class="poetry">there is no peace<n id="3" /> whether he is angry or laughs.<n id="4" />p>