Good News Translation
The assembly will be eager to hear from an intelligent person and will take his opinion seriously.

New Revised Standard Version
The utterance of a sensible person is sought in the assembly, and they ponder his words in their minds.

Contemporary English Version
In a town meeting, people look for some common sense, and when they hear it, they will think about what was said.

New American Bible
The views of the prudent are sought in an assembly, and their words are taken to heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.

The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.

Sirach 21:15
But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.

Sirach 21:16
The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life.

Sirach 21:18
A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.

Sirach 21:19
The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.