Proverbs 14:18
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The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for knowledge.

Proverbs 14:17
The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful.

Proverbs 14:19
The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.

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The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for knowledge.

inherit

Proverbs 3:35 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that you may know prudence.

Proverbs 11:29 The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise.

Jeremiah 16:19 O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Matthew 23:29-32 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just, . . .

1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

the prudent

Proverbs 4:7-9 Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her. . . .

Proverbs 11:30 If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Daniel 12:3 But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

2 Timothy 4:8 As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

1 Peter 5:4 And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.

Context
The Wise Woman
17The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful. 18The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for knowledge.19The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.…
Lexicon
The simple
פְתָאיִ֣ם (p̄ə·ṯā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6612: Simple, perhaps open-minded

inherit
נָחֲל֣וּ (nā·ḥă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate

folly,
אִוֶּ֑לֶת (’iw·we·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 200: Silliness

but the prudent
וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים (wa·‘ă·rū·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6175: Crafty, shrewd, sensible

are crowned
יַכְתִּ֥רוּ (yaḵ·ti·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3803: To enclose, to crown, to besiege, to wait

with knowledge.
דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge


Additional Translations
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.

The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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