THEOSISProverbs 10:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
כִּשְׂח֣וֹק לִ֭כְסִיל עֲשׂ֣וֹת זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝חָכְמָ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:21Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps.
- Prov 14:9A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.
- Prov 2:14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
- Prov 26:18As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death.
- Prov 26:19So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.