The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,