20
A fool raises his voice when he laughs, but a clever man smiles quietly.
21
To a sensible man education is like a golden ornament, and like a bracelet on the right arm.
22
The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience stands respectfully before it.
23
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
24
It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.