Bible verse
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
Proverbs 13:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 13.
15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
18 Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
19 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
KJV
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
ASV
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
ERV
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
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