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The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
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The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
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The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
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There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
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Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
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From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
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The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
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The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
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Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
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The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.