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And I saw among the simple,
    I observed among the youth,
    a young man lacking sense,[a]

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  1. Proverbs 7:7 Literally “heart”

And I beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
A young man void of understanding,

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21 Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense,[a]
    and a person of understanding will walk upright.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 15:21 Literally “heart”
  2. Proverbs 15:21 Literally “he will walk upright walking”

21 Folly is joy to him that is void of [a]wisdom;
But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

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  1. Proverbs 15:21 Hebrew heart.

18 A person who lacks sense[a] pledges;[b]
    he becomes security before his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Literally “heart”
  2. Proverbs 17:18 Literally “pledges a hand”

18 A man void of [a]understanding striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Hebrew heart.