Proverbs 18:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 Mem Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it. 98 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me. 99 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study. 100 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes. 101 I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde. 102 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me. 103 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth. 104 Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng: therfore I hate all wayes of falshood.
  • Prov 1:5 : 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.
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not.
  • Luke 8:8-9 : 8 And some fell on good grounde, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundred folde. And as he sayde these thynges, he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare. 9 And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this? 10 And he sayde, Unto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God: but to other by parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they shoulde not vnderstande.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And this woman had a sister called Marie, whiche also sate at Iesus feete, and hearde his worde.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus. 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse, 17 That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 22:17
    82%

    17Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

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

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

    6To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

  • Prov 15:14
    81%

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

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    80%

    21Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

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

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 15:7
    79%

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

  • Prov 23:12
    78%

    12Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.

    32He that refuseth to be refourmed, dispiseth his owne soule: but he that submitteth him selfe to correction, is wyse.

  • Prov 12:23
    78%

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

  • Prov 2:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.

    3For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

  • Prov 14:18
    77%

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

  • Prov 2:10
    77%

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:

  • Prov 10:14
    76%

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

  • Prov 18:16
    76%

    16A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.

  • Prov 14:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    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 19:8
    76%

    8He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 5:1
    75%

    1My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

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

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 1:2
    75%

    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:5
    74%

    5A wise man is euer strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.

  • Prov 20:5
    74%

    5Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:4
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

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

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

    3For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates.

  • Prov 18:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.

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

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:9
    74%

    9They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge.

  • Prov 17:27
    74%

    27A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite.

  • Prov 8:12
    74%

    12I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Eccl 1:18
    74%

    18For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25I 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 9:9
    73%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.