Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease it.

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust.

A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.

Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shames his father.

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.

When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.

See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the recompense of fools.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.

The way of life leads above to the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath.

The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.

Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

For by wise counsel you shall wage your war: and in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that can answer reasonably.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: