¹³ In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

³ A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

³² He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

²² and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

⁴ The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary `by' a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

²² If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

¹⁵ Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.

²⁹ Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

¹⁰ Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

²³ Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

¹⁰ Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

¹¹ A fountain of life `is' the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

²² He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

⁹ Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

¹² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.'