Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 14:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.”
Proverbs 14:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not {in him} the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous {there is} favour.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}
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