The crown of the wise is their riches, ¹  but the folly ²  of fools is folly.

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

If ¹  God ²  puts no trust in ³  his servants ⁴  and attributes ⁵  folly ⁶  to his angels,

The woman called Folly ¹  is brash, ²  she is naive ³  and does not know ⁴  anything. ⁵ 

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

The naive inherit ¹  folly, but the shrewd ²  are crowned ³  with knowledge.

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

The one who gives an answer ¹  before he listens ²  – that is his folly and his shame. ³ 

A person’s folly ¹  subverts ²  his way, and ³  his heart rages ⁴  against the Lord.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest you yourself also be like him. ² 

Answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest he be wise in his own estimation. ² 

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, ¹  so a fool repeats his folly. ² 

I said of partying, ¹  “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, ²  “It accomplishes nothing!” ³ 

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, ¹  just as light is preferable to darkness:

He will die because ¹  there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly ²  he will reel. ³ 

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

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper ¹  exalts ²  folly.

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

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, ¹  but one who has understanding ²  follows an upright course. ³ 

Insight ¹  is like ²  a life-giving fountain ³  to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools. ⁴