Proverbs 17:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth. 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse. 3 Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede I say and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles,
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they woulde feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes alway, that it myght go well with them, and with their childen for euer?
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations. 13 O that my people woulde haue hearkened vnto me: O that Israel had walked in my wayes.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge? 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 It is you O ye men saith she whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce. 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said, 5 O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you. 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour. 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:24-25
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    80%

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

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

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

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

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    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.

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    76%

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

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

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    75%

    4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

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

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

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

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

  • Prov 26:12
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    12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15 The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

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

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

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

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    74%

    17 He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother.

    18 Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

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

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

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

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Eccl 2:15-16
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    15 Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.

    16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7 The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • Job 28:20
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    20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19 For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse.