Proverbs 15:21

wisdom Lit. heart, as in Proverbs 11:12.

walketh uprightly Lit. maketh straight his going. The parallelism consists in the contrast between the reckless "joy" with which the heartless fool revels in his "folly," and the care and caution with which a man of understanding makes straight his way. Comp. βλέπετε ἀκριβως πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί, Ephesians 5:15.