The wise in heart will receive commandments;\par\tab But a prating fool shall fall.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;\par\tab But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
Give {\i instruction} to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:\par\tab Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;\par\tab And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
In all labor there is profit;\par\tab But the talk of the lips {\i tendeth} only to penury.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;\par\tab But the folly of fools is deceit.
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; {\i But} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man;\par\tab But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow;\par\tab But a prating fool shall fall.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;\par\tab Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:\par\tab Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Wise men lay up knowledge;\par\tab But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.