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The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways,
    but the folly of fools is deceit.
Fools mock[a] the guilt offering,
    but among the upright, it is favorable.
10 The heart[b] knows the bitterness of its soul,[c]
    but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew “he mocks”
  2. Proverbs 14:10 Or “mind”
  3. Proverbs 14:10 Or “life,” or “inner self”