Proverbs 14:15

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The simple believe everything, but the prudent carefully consider their steps.

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  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  • Prov 4:26 : 26 Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore, the prudent person will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
  • Acts 13:7 : 7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, seeking to hear the word of God.
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. 19 Your obedience has been reported to all. Therefore, I rejoice about you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:16-18
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    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.

    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    78%

    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

    16Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the understanding one gains knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 28:26
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    26Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

  • Prov 14:2-3
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    2Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one whose ways are devious despises Him.

    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14The backslider will be filled with their own ways, but a good person will be satisfied with their deeds.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8A wise-hearted person accepts commands, but a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

    5Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20Whoever gives attention to a matter will find good, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.