12 There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end  [are] ways of death.
         
                                
                        13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end  of joy [is] affliction.
         
                                
                        14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a  good man -- from his fruits.
         
                                
                        15 The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent  attendeth to his step.
         
                                
                        16 The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is  transgressing and is confident.
         
                                
                        17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked  devices is hated.
         
                                
                        18 The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are  crowned [with] knowledge.