Proverbs 14:7-22

⁷Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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

⁹A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

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

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent 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 mirth is heaviness.

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

¹⁵The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

¹⁷He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

¹⁸The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

²¹He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

²²Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.