Proverbs 15:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • 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.
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death, 19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 14:6-9
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    6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

    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 10:23
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    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    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 17:21
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    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • 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 18:2
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    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 19:1-3
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    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

    2Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

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

  • Prov 14:15-18
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    15The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

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

    17He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

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

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    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.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

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

  • Prov 15:22
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    22Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

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    1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Eccl 7:6
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  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 1:32
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    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 26:5
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    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.