Proverbs 17:24
Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 2:14 : 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.
- Eccl 6:9 : 9 The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.
- Eccl 8:1 : 1 Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour.
- John 7:17 : 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
- 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.
- Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
- Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
- Prov 23:5 : 5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre.
- Ps 119:37 : 37 Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
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33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.
- Prov 14:6-83 verses82%
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.
- Eccl 2:13-142 verses80%
13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
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.
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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.
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16 Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?
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24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses79%
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.
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21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
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7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
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2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
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14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
- Eccl 10:2-32 verses77%
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.
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9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.
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14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
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25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
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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.
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5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
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23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
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23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
- Eccl 10:12-132 verses75%
12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.
- Eccl 7:4-52 verses75%
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:
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8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?
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11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
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5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
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20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.
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7 The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
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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.
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1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
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5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
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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.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
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7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
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21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
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16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
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8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
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18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.
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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?
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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.
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6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.
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24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.
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17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.