Verse 23
¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:21 : 21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
- Prov 2:14 : 14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- Prov 14:9 : 9 ¶ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
- Prov 26:18-19 : 18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.