Proverbs 15:21
Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
Additional Resources
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)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- 83%
20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
- Prov 14:6-94 verses83%
6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
- 82%
23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses81%
15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
16 A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
- 80%
21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
- 80%
16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
- 80%
22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
- 80%
2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
- 79%
20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
- 79%
33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
- 78%
3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
- Prov 17:24-252 verses78%
24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
- 78%
14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
- Prov 19:1-33 verses78%
1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
- Prov 14:15-184 verses78%
15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.
16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
18 Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.
- 78%
24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
- 78%
5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
- 77%
20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
- 76%
16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
- 76%
14 The 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.
- 76%
15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
- Prov 10:8-92 verses76%
8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
- 76%
13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
- 76%
22 Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.
- 76%
23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.
- 76%
4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
- 75%
1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
- 75%
14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.
- 75%
16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
- 75%
6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
- 75%
15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
- 75%
10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
- 75%
3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
- 75%
8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
- 75%
23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
- 75%
29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
- 75%
32 For 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.
- 75%
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
- 74%
7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.