(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.
11 (C)The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 (D)There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but (E)its end is the way to death.[b]
13 Even in laughter the heart may ache,
    and (F)the end of joy may be (G)grief.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew but among the upright is acceptance
  2. Proverbs 14:12 Hebrew ways of death

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