A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

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The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(A)

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24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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