I saw among the inexperienced,[a]
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive

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

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21 Foolishness brings joy to one without sense,
but a man with understanding walks a straight path.(A)

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

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18 One without sense enters an agreement[a]
and puts up security for his friend.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit sense shakes hands

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