7. If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.
8. Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.
9. Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
10. To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.
11. Wisdom will add years to your life.
12. You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.
13. Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.
14. She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of the town,