Proverbs 19:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:20 : 20 He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
  • Prov 22:18 : 18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
  • Ezek 36:26 : 26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
  • John 12:25 : 25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.
  • John 14:21 : 21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
  • Ps 19:11 : 11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
  • Prov 2:1-9 : 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: 7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; 8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. 9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Prov 4:6 : 6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
  • Prov 8:35-36 : 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 4:5-7
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    78%

    5Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 8:35-36
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    35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

    36But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • Prov 2:9-11
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    76%

    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 16:16-17
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    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

    17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Prov 16:20-23
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    20He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

    21The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

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

    23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 15:32
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    32He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

  • Prov 19:16
    76%

    16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 18:15
    76%

    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • 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 11:30
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    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Prov 21:21
    74%

    21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He 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 18:1-2
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    74%

    1He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

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

  • 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.

  • 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 11:12
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    12He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

  • Prov 14:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

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

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 14:29
    72%

    29He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Prov 10:13
    72%

    13In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 21:23
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    23He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 2:2
    72%

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 6:32
    72%

    32He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

  • Prov 3:18
    72%

    18She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

  • Prov 12:8
    72%

    8A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

  • Eccl 9:18
    72%

    18Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.