⁵ let the wise listen and add to their learning,^(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

⁹ Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.^(A)

¹⁴ For lack of guidance a nation falls,^(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.^(B)

¹⁵ The way of fools seems right to them,^(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.^(B)

²² Plans fail for lack of counsel,^(A)
    but with many advisers^(B) they succeed.^(C)

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)

¹⁸ Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.^(A)