Bible verse
Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Proverbs 15:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 15.
17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
23 A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!
24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
KJV
Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
ASV
Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
ERV
Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom: but a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
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