Sirach 21:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² Those who aren’t clever
won’t receive instruction,
    but there is a kind of cleverness
    that makes troubles multiply.
¹³ The knowledge of the wise
will increase like a flood,
    and their counsel is like
    a stream of life.
¹⁴ The mind^[a] of a fool is like a broken jar:
    it can’t hold knowledge.