- A fool despiseth his father's instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. - Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince. - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.