Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹  They give ²  insight to the untrained. ³ 

The Lord protects ¹  the untrained; ²  I was in serious trouble ³  and he delivered me.

For ¹  wrath kills the foolish person, ²  and anger ³  slays the silly one.

To impart ¹  shrewdness ²  to the morally naive, ³  and ⁴  a discerning ⁵  plan ⁶  to the young person. ⁷ 

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

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

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding. ¹ 

“How long will you simpletons ¹  love naiveté? ²  How long ³  will mockers ⁴  delight ⁵  in mockery ⁶  and fools ⁷  hate knowledge?

For the waywardness ¹  of the simpletons will kill ²  them, and the careless ease ³  of fools will destroy them.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says ¹  to those ²  who lack understanding. ³ 

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths ¹  – a young man ²  who lacked wisdom. ³ 

A naive person ¹  believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. ² 

Flog ¹  a scorner, and as a result the simpleton ²  will learn prudence; ³  correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge. ⁴ 

A shrewd person ¹  sees danger ²  and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ³  and suffer for it. ⁴ 

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ¹  and suffer for it.

When a scorner is punished, the naive ¹  becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, ²  he gains knowledge.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. ¹  The rules set down by the Lord ²  are reliable ³  and impart wisdom to the inexperienced. ⁴ 

Abandon your foolish ways ¹  so that you may live, ²  and proceed ³  in the way of understanding.”

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

This is an easy task for the Lord; ¹  he will also hand Moab over to you.