Proverbs 14:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:10-13 : 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others. 11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands. 12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. 13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun. 12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
  • Luke 16:9 : 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:18
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    18Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 14:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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

    9In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

  • Prov 14:33
    82%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    80%

    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 14:3
    80%

    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 12:23
    79%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 17:24
    79%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 16:22
    79%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    78%

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

  • Prov 3:35
    78%

    35The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

  • Prov 15:14
    78%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:2
    78%

    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 15:21
    78%

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

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

    16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Prov 17:16
    77%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

  • Prov 21:20
    76%

    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 14:23
    76%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

  • Prov 29:11
    76%

    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 19:1
    75%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 10:21
    75%

    21The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

  • Prov 10:8
    75%

    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Eccl 2:14
    75%

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

  • Prov 10:23
    75%

    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 26:5
    75%

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Eccl 7:4
    75%

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Prov 11:29
    75%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Eccl 9:17
    75%

    17The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    74%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

    13The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

    14The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Eccl 10:3
    74%

    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 1:32
    74%

    32For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 14:16
    74%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • Prov 19:10
    74%

    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 26:12
    74%

    12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 19:3
    74%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Eccl 6:8
    74%

    8What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Eccl 7:6
    73%

    6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 26:9
    73%

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 27:24
    73%

    24For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.