The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
    but the folly of fools is deceiving.
(A)Fools mock at the guilt offering,
    but the upright enjoy acceptance.[a]
10 The heart knows its own (B)bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew but among the upright is acceptance

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