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Those who build their houses with another person's money are like those who gather stones for their own burial mound.
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A gathering of lawless people is the same as bundled flax; their end is a flaming fire.
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The path of sinners is made level with stones, but its end is the pit of hell.
Wisdom and folly
11 Those who keep the Law become masters of their thoughts; fearing the Lord leads ultimately to wisdom.
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Those who aren't clever won't receive instruction, but there is a kind of cleverness that makes troubles multiply. will increase like a flood, and their counsel is like a stream of life.
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The knowledge of the wise
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The mind of a fool is like a broken jar: it can't hold knowledge.
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If those who understand hear a wise word; they will praise it and add to it. Those who like to indulge themselves hear it and are displeased, and they turn their back on it.
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A fool's endless talk is a burden while on a journey, but grace will be found on the lips of the intelligent.
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The speech of the prudent will be sought out in an assembly, and its members will take their words to heart.
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Like a house in disrepair, so is wisdom to the foolish, and the knowledge of ignorant people will not stand up to examination.