13:13 Whoever despises the word[m] brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment[n] will be rewarded.

13:14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

13:15 Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.

11:12 Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

11:29 Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

12:8 A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.

12:16 The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

21:22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

24:9 The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

29:8 Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

10:8 The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

14:3 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back,[r] but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

14:35 A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

15:24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.[ae]

17:2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

17:21 He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

19:29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.

21:16 One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.

22:3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

24:13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.

24:14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

27:22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

28:26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.