Proverbs 10:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: But a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It is as sport to a [self-confident] fool to do wickedness, but to have skillful and godly Wisdom is pleasure and relaxation to a man of understanding.

American Standard Version (1901)

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Common English Bible

Fools enjoy vile deeds, but those with understanding take pleasure in wisdom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The foolish work wickedness as if in jest. But wisdom is prudence to a man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.

Proverbs 10:23 Cross References

Proverbs 14:9

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Proverbs 2:14

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Ecclesiastes 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 God will bring thee into judgment.