Proverbs 17:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:14 : 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.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • Eccl 8:1 : 1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 14:33
    83%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

    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.

  • Prov 16:22
    80%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    80%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    79%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Prov 15:21
    78%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    78%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    78%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    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 13:16
    78%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

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

  • Prov 23:9
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    77%

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

  • Prov 17:25
    77%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:23
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

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

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Ps 94:8
    75%

    8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 29:11
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 1:7
    74%

    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Prov 19:3
    74%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    74%

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 26:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    74%

    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 14:16
    74%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Eccl 6:8
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

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

  • Eccl 9:17
    73%

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