Catholic Public Domain Version

Proverbs 14:6-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.

7. Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.

8. The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.

9. The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.

10. The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.

11. The house of the impious will be wiped away. Yet truly, the tabernacles of the just shall spring forth.

12. There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.

13. Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.

14. The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him.