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9 If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

21 To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.

16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!

16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

10 Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

22 a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,

8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

5 No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

7 Extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

7 Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

1 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

17 Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool— why die before your time?

1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.