Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
This helps us to see that a wise person is someone who can be taught and will listen. The fool on the other hand is someone who already knows everything and is continually running their mouth till they say too much and it comes back to bite them. Theses scriptures continue to show us that those that walk in path that God has laid out for them is one they can be sure of and does not have to fear of failing. On the other hand the people who walk in the dark are evil and in the end you can be sure their sins will find them out. Finally those that wink are usually up to no good and are plotting evil. Again it tells us the fool talks too much and winds up getting caught in his own folly. In these three verses we see we need to use the wisdom and knowledge we have learned of God to keep focused on the things we say and do and always be ready to take instruction to learn more.