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The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

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

11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

12 There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.

14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

15 The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

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