Proverbs 14:13-15

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³Even in laughter the heart is sad,
    and the end of joy is grief.
¹⁴The perverse get what their ways deserve,
    and the good, what their deeds deserve.^[a]
¹⁵The simple believe everything,
    but the clever consider their steps.

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Proverbs 14:14 Cn: Heb from upon him

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