Proverbs 14:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges.

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  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Dearly beloued, beleue not euery spirite: but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not: for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.
  • Prov 4:26 : 26 Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time.
  • Acts 13:7 : 7 Which was with the deputie of the countrey, one Sergius Paulus, a prudent man: The same called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the worde of God.
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes. 19 For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men. I am glad therfore no doubt, of you: But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good, & simple concernyng euyll.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 That we hencefoorth be no more children, wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine, in the wylynesse of men, in craftynesse, to the laying wayte of deceyte.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 84%

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

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

    18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • 12 A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • 3 A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

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

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

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

  • 79%

    15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

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

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

    16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

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

  • 32 For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

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

  • 15 A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.

  • 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely shalbe safe.

  • Prov 14:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 He that walketh vpryghtlye, feareth the Lorde: but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes, dispiseth hym.

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

  • 14 A backe slydyng heart shalbe fylled with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from hym.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

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

    9 He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.

  • 16 Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

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

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

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

    5 The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

  • 1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.

  • 15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,

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

  • 12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

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

  • 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • 20 He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

  • 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,

  • 11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

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

  • 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.

  • 17 The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

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

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

  • 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.

  • 12 There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death.

  • 14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

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

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