A moment in scripture
Proverbs 14:8
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The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
- Proverbs 14:7
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.