Proverbs 15:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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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.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer.
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20
    83%

    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.

  • Prov 14:6-9
    4 verses
    83%

    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 10:23
    82%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    81%

    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 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • 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.

  • 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 13:20
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    79%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    78%

    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 17:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    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 15:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

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

    2The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.

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

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    15An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges.

    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.

  • Prov 14:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    78%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    77%

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

  • Prov 21:16
    76%

    16The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

  • Eccl 10:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Prov 3:13
    76%

    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught: but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle, there is stedfastnesse.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

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

  • Eccl 7:4
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:1
    75%

    1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 10:14
    75%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    75%

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    75%

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

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.

  • Prov 19:10
    75%

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

  • 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.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

  • Prov 5:23
    75%

    23He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.

  • Prov 11:29
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:32
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    74%

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