6. A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
7. Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
8. The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
9. Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.