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

He that walketh 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.

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

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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

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

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth 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 spendeth it up.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.