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It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go,
    but the folly of fools misleads.
Fools mock at the guilt offering,[a]
    but the upright enjoy God’s favor.
10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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  1. Proverbs 14:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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