Proverbs 10:23

WEB

²³It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

KJV

²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

BSB

²³The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

FBV

²³Stupid people think it's fun to do wrong, but someone who has wisdom understands what's right.

Extra References

Proverbs 15:21

²¹Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Proverbs 2:14

¹⁴who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Proverbs 14:9

⁹Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

Proverbs 26:18-19

¹⁸Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, ¹⁹is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

⁹Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.