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I saw among the simple ones.
    I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

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and I noticed among the naïve—
    that is, I discerned among the youths—
        a senseless young man.

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21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,
    but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

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21 Stupidity is the delight of the senseless,
    but an understanding man walks uprightly.

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18 A man void of understanding strikes hands,
    and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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18 A man who lacks sense[a] cosigns a loan,[b]
    becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm