22
The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but an experienced person waits respectfully outside.
23
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated person remains outside.
24
It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door; the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.
25
The lips of babblers speak of what is not their concern, but the words of the prudent are weighed in the balance.
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The mind of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their mind.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.