Proverbs

⁷Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips. ⁸The Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of [self-confident] fools is to deceive. ⁹Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools [who are its victims; a sin offering made by them only mocks them, bringing them disappointment and disfavor], but among the upright there is the favor of God. [Prov. 10:23.] ¹⁰The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. ¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish. ¹²There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. ¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness and grief.