Proverbs 14:6-14

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man, When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: But the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹Fools make a mock at sin: But among the righteous there is favour.

¹⁰The heart knoweth his own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: But the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of that mirth is heaviness.

¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.