The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
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