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A fool rejects his father’s instructions,
    but anyone who respects[a] reproof acts sensibly.

The righteous house is itself[b] a great treasure,
    but within the revenue of the wicked calamity is at work.
What the wise have to say disseminates[c] knowledge,
    but it’s not in the heart of fools to do so.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:5 Lit. keeps
  2. Proverbs 15:6 The Heb. lacks itself
  3. Proverbs 15:7 Lit. The lips of the wise spread