Proverbs 13:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
  • 1 Sam 18:14-16 : 14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him. 15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him. 16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
  • Ps 95:9-9 : 9 When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work. 10 For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways; 11 And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

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    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

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  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

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  • Prov 10:13
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    13In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

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    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

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    5Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

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    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

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  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

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    12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

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    27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Prov 19:3
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    10There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

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