In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. ¹ 

Take notice of this, ¹  you ignorant people! ²  You fools, when will you ever understand?

O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer ¹  and protector. ² 

The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up ¹  to public contempt. ² 

You who are naive, discern ¹  wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! ² 

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.

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

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

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

The lips of the wise spread ¹  knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. ² 

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

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

A fool takes no pleasure ¹  in understanding but only in disclosing ²  what is on his mind. ³ 

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

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity ¹  than one who is perverse in his speech ²  and is a fool. ³ 

Judgments ¹  are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

A fool lets fly with all his temper, ¹  but a wise person keeps it back. ² 

They ¹  were amazed ²  at his teaching, because he spoke ³  with authority. ⁴