Verse 16

A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:3 : 3 A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 He yt is proude & presumptuous, is called a scornefull ma, which in wrath darre worke maliciously.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 Beholde, my seruaunt shal deale wysely, therfore shal he be magnified, exalted & greatly honoured.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Beholde, I sende you forth as shepe amoge wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and innocent as doues.
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For youre obedience is published amonge all men, therfore am I glad of you.But yet I wolde haue you wyse in that which is good, & symple in euell.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is,
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 But Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: What is he yt Dauid? & who is the sonne of Isai? There are many seruauntes now yt runne awaye from their masters. 11 Shulde I take my bred, water and flesh, that I haue slayne for my clyppers, & geue it vnto me whom I knowe not whence they are?
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Take hede now therfore, and loke well what thou doest, for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, & agaynst all his house. And he is a man of Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge.
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial, for he is a foole, acordinge as his name is called: his name is foole, and foolishnes is with him. As for me thy handmayde, I sawe not my lordes yonge men, whom thou dyddest sende.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion.
  • Prov 12:22-23 : 22 The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull lippes, but they that laboure for treuth, please him. 23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.