Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 200 [e] אִ֭וֶּלֶת ’iw-we-leṯ Folly [is] N-fs 8057 [e] שִׂמְחָ֣ה śim-ḥāh joy N-fs 2638 [e] לַחֲסַר־ la-ḥă-sar- [to [him who is] lacking Prep-l, Art | Adj-msc 3820 [e] לֵ֑ב lêḇ; discernment N-ms 376 [e] וְאִ֥ישׁ wə-’îš but a man Conj-w | N-msc 8394 [e] תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה tə-ḇū-nāh, of understanding N-fs 3474 [e] יְיַשֶׁר־ yə-yaš-šer- uprightly V-Piel-Imperf-3ms 1980 [e] לָֽכֶת׃‪‬‪‬ lā-ḵeṯ. walks V-Qal-Inf

New American Standard Bible
Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight.

King James Bible
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Foolishness brings joy to one without sense, but a man with understanding walks a straight path.

joy

Proverbs 10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

Proverbs 26:18,19 As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death…

destitute of wisdom

Proverbs 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding …

a man

Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

Job 28:28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; …

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding …

Ephesians 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show …

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