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Listening to a foolish person talk is like traveling with a heavy load on your back, but it is a pleasure to hear what intelligent people have to say.
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The assembly will be eager to hear from an intelligent person and will take his opinion seriously.
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To an ignorant person, wisdom is as useless as a house gone to ruin. He has never even thought about the things he is so sure of.
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To a person without any sense, an education is like handcuffs,
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but to a sensible person, it is like gold bracelets. An intelligent person will smile quietly while a fool roars with laughter.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.