Proverbs 10:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:21 : 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
  • Prov 2:14 : 14 Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll:
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes: 19 So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:21
    82%

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 14:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

    9Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 14:33
    77%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 18:2
    77%

    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

    13The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

    14A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?

    15The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

  • Prov 16:22
    76%

    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 19:10
    76%

    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 29:11
    76%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.

    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • Prov 14:24
    75%

    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

  • Prov 26:19
    75%

    19So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • Prov 20:3
    74%

    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 29:9
    74%

    9If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 17:16
    74%

    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 10:24
    74%

    24The thing that the vngodly is afraide of, shall come vpon hym: but the ryghteous shall haue their desire.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 10:10
    73%

    10He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.

  • Prov 24:7
    73%

    7Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.

  • Prov 13:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19When a desire is brought to passe, it deliteth the soule: but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll.

    20He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted.

  • Prov 24:9
    73%

    9The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.

  • Eccl 2:26
    73%

    26And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.

  • Prov 26:10
    73%

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

  • Prov 26:5
    73%

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.