Every Wise Woman Buildeth Her House — Proverbs 14:6–13

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.