Carrying out a wicked scheme ¹  is enjoyable ²  to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment. ³ 

The shrewd person ¹  conceals ²  knowledge, but foolish people ³  publicize folly. ⁴ 

Every shrewd ¹  person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays ²  his folly.

A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor ¹  turning away from evil.

The one who associates ¹  with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. ² 

Leave the presence of a foolish person, ¹  or ²  you will not understand ³  wise counsel. ⁴ 

The wisdom of the shrewd person ¹  is to discern ²  his way, but the folly of fools is deception. ³ 

A wise person is cautious ¹  and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint ²  and is overconfident. ³ 

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known ¹  even in the heart ²  of fools.

The tongue of the wise ¹  treats knowledge correctly, ²  but the mouth of the fool spouts out ³  folly.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. ¹ 

A wise child ¹  brings joy to his father, but a foolish person ²  despises ³  his mother.

The one who refuses correction despises himself, ¹  but whoever hears ²  reproof acquires understanding. ³ 

A rebuke makes a greater impression on ¹  a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. ² 

It is better for a person to meet ¹  a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than ²  to encounter ³  a fool in his folly. ⁴ 

Of what ¹  use is money in the hand of a fool, ²  since he has no intention ³  of acquiring wisdom? ⁴ 

Whoever brings a fool ¹  into the world ²  does so ³  to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy. ⁴ 

Wisdom is directly in front of ¹  the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run ²  to the ends of the earth. ³ 

A foolish child is a grief ¹  to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him. ² 

The lips of a fool ¹  enter into strife, ²  and his mouth invites ³  a flogging. ⁴