In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.

And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.

For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

But come near, you sons of her who is wise in secret arts, the seed of her who is false to her husband, and of the loose woman.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:

How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.