Proverbs

⁶Anyone who makes fun of wisdom will never find it, but knowledge comes easily to those who understand its value. ⁷Stay away from fools, there is nothing they can teach you. ⁸Wisdom lets smart people know what they are doing, but stupid people only think they know. ⁹Fines are needed to make fools obey the law, but good people are happy to obey it. ¹⁰When you are sad, no one else feels the pain; and when you are happy, no one else can really feel the joy. ¹¹An evil person’s house will be destroyed, but a good person’s family will do well. ¹²There is a way that people think is right, but it leads only to death.