Proverbs 17:24

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Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.
  • Eccl 8:1 : 1 Who is like the wise person, and who knows the meaning of things? The wisdom of a person brightens their face, and the hardness of their face is softened.
  • John 7:17 : 17 'If anyone wants to do His will, they will know whether My teaching comes from God or whether I speak on My own authority.'
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.
  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 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.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
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    80%

    13I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

    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 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.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 14:24
    79%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    79%

    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
    78%

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

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

  • Prov 18:2
    78%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

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

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    77%

    2A wise person's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart inclines him to the left.

    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Prov 23:9
    77%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 10:14
    77%

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

  • Prov 17:25
    77%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 8:5
    76%

    5Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 10:23
    76%

    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    75%

    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

    13The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Ps 94:8
    75%

    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

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

  • Prov 26:5
    74%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Prov 1:7
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    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

  • 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 26:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    74%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.

  • Prov 17:21
    74%

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 14:16
    74%

    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Eccl 6:8
    73%

    8What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

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

  • Eccl 9:17
    73%

    17The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools.