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The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But (A)the folly of fools is deceit.

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It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go,
    but the folly of fools misleads.(A)

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15 The simple believes everything,
But the prudent one discerns his steps.

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15 The simple believe everything,
    but the clever consider their steps.

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18 The simple inherit folly,
But the prudent are [a]crowned with knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:18 Lit surrounded

18 The simple are adorned with[a] folly,
    but the clever are crowned with knowledge.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.18 Or inherit

An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline,
But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

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A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
    but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)

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A (A)prudent man sees evil and hides,
But the simple pass on, and are punished.

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The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.

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12 A prudent man sees evil and hides,
The simple pass on and are punished.

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12 The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.(A)

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