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Wise people have enough sense
to find their way,
    but stupid fools get lost.
Fools don't care
    if they are wrong,[a]
but God is pleased
    when people do right.

10 No one else can really know
    how sad or happy you are.

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Footnotes

  1. 14.9 Fools … wrong: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,(A)
    but the folly of fools is deception.(B)

Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.

10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.

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