Proverbs 14:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde: but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.
  • 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?
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost. 18 For he that in these thynges serueth Christe, pleaseth God, and is comended of men.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 Howe that they tolde you, that there shoulde be begilers in ye last tyme, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water? 8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men? 9 For he hath sayde, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

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  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 14:33-35
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    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

    34Righteousnesse setteth vp the people: but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull.

    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

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

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 14:16-19
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    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.

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

    19The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

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

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1To the chiefe musition, a Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke, there is not one that doth good.

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes: & for their wickednes.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
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    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 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 26:10
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    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The righteous also shall see this: and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.

  • Prov 13:19-20
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    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 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 14:10
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    10The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1To the chiefe musition vpon Mahalah, a wise instruction of Dauid. The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted them selues, & haue made their wickednes abhominable, he is not that doeth good.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Eccl 10:2
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    2A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.