Proverbs 18:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
  • Prov 24:21 : 21 My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
  • Prov 26:17 : 17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.
  • Zech 7:3 : 3 And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name. 9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 18:15-16
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    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

    16 A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    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.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

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

  • Prov 13:19-20
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    19 To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

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

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

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

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18 Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

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

  • Prov 13:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 26:17
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    17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    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.

  • Prov 17:19
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    19 The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

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

  • Prov 14:10
    70%

    10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

    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:

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

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

  • Job 33:17
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    17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

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

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

  • Prov 17:16
    70%

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

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

  • Prov 9:16
    69%

    16 Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27 He 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 29:11
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    11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

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

  • Prov 20:5
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    5 The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

  • Prov 11:12
    69%

    12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12 I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

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

  • Jas 1:14
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    14 But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3 I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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