Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
KJV
Quasi per risum stultus operatur scelus, sapientia autem est viro prudentia.
Vulgate
ἐν γέλωτι ἄφρων πράσσει κακά, ἡ δὲ σοφία ἀνδρὶ τίκτει φρόνησιν.
LXX
It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; Andso iswisdom to a man of understanding.
ASV
כִּ/שְׂח֣וֹק לִ֭/כְסִיל עֲשׂ֣וֹת זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝/חָכְמָ֗ה לְ/אִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
זִמָּ֑ה
zmh
noun · 29×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
שְׂחוֹק֙
shchvq
noun · 15×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is it necessary? Is it a science? Is it one or many? Is it speculative or practical? How it is compared with other sciences? Is it the same as wisdom? Is God its subject-matter? Is it a matter of argument? Does it rightly employ metaphors and similes? May the Sacred Scripture of this doctrine be expounded in different senses? Article 1. Whether, besides philosophy, any further …
Is prudence in the will or in the reason? If in the reason, is it only in the practical, or also in the speculative reason? Does it take cognizance of singulars? Is it virtue? Is it a special virtue? Does it appoint the end to the moral virtues? Does it fix the mean in the moral virtues? Is its proper act command? Does solicitude or watchfulness belong to prudence? Does prudenc…
Cross-references
- Eccl 11:9 — 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
- Prov 2:14 — Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- Prov 2:14 — Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- Prov 14:9 — Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- Prov 14:9 — Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- Prov 15:21 — Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
- Prov 15:21 — Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
- Prov 26:18 — As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Prov 26:19 — So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?