For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

Yahweh watches over [the] simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.

The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to [the] simple.

to give shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and purpose to the young,

"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking {sense},

Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

"Whoever [is] simple, let him turn here." As for the one who lacks {sense}, she says to him,

A woman of foolishness is loud, simple, and does not know {it}.

"Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense}, she says to him,

The simple will believe every word, but the clever will consider his step.

The simple are adorned [with] folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.

The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.

[When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.