Wellspring of life - Compare Proverbs 10:11 note. “the instruction of fools” Not that which they give, but that which they receive. Compare Proverbs 14:24. “Folly” is its own all-sufficient punishment.
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Proverbs 16:22
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.