Proverbs 21:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.

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  • Prov 19:25 : 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 When Ananias hearde these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thynges.
  • Acts 5:11-14 : 11 And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges. 12 And by the handes of the Apostles, were many signes & wonders shewed among the people. (And they were all together with one accord in Solomons porche. 13 And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them, neuerthelesse, the people magnified them. 14 The number of them that beleued in the Lorde, both of men and women, grewe more and more.)
  • 1 Cor 10:6-9 : 6 These veryly are ensamples to vs, to thintent that we shoulde not lust after euyll thynges, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolatours, as were some of them, as it is written: The people sate downe to eate and drynke, and rose vp to play. 8 Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one daye three and thirtie thousande. 9 Neither let vs tempt Christe, as some of them tempted, and were destroyed of serpentes. 10 Neither murmure ye, as some of the also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples: but they are written to put vs in remembraunce, whom the endes of the worlde are come vpon.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Wherfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard, lest at any tyme we should let them slippe. 2 For yf the worde spoken by Angels, was stedfast: And euery transgression and disobedience receaued a iust recompense of rewarde: 3 Howe shall we escape, yf we neglect so great saluation? which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde, and was confirmed vnto vswarde, by them that hearde it:
  • Heb 10:28-29 : 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe, dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses: 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement (suppose ye) shall he be worthy, whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God? and counteth the blood of the couenaut wherein he was sanctified, an vnholye thyng, and doth despite to the spirite of grace?
  • Rev 11:13 : 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the citie shall fall, and in the earthquake shalbe slaine names of men seuen thousande: and the remnaunt shalbe afraide, and geue glorie to the God of heauen.
  • Num 16:34 : 34 And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crye of them: And they sayde, lest the earth swalowe vs vp also.
  • Deut 13:11 : 11 And all Israel shall heare and feare, and shall do no more any suche wickednesse, as this is among you.
  • Deut 21:21 : 21 And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death: And thou shalt put euyll away from thee, and all Israel shall heare, and feare.
  • Ps 64:7-9 : 7 But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a swyft arrowe: their plagues shalbe apparaunt. 8 Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy the selues: insomuch that who so seeth them, shal desire to flee away from them 9 And all men that see it shall say, this hath God done: for they shall well perceaue that it is his worke.
  • 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 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 15:14 : 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:25
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    25If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.

  • Prov 14:6-9
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    78%

    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 1:22
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    22O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 9:7-9
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    7Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.

    8Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.

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

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

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

  • Prov 17:10
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    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    73%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.

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

  • Prov 29:8
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    8Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
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    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.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.

  • Prov 18:3
    72%

    3When the vngodly commeth, then commeth also disdayne: and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

  • Prov 12:1
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    1Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.

  • 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 18:15
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    15A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.

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

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.

  • Prov 1:7
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    7The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

  • Prov 14:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.

  • Prov 13:16
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:31
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    31The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.

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

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

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

  • Prov 11:2
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    2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24He that is proude and arrogant; is called a scorner, whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously.

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

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

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • 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 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.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20For he that dyd violence is brought to naught, and the scornefull man is consumed, and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse,

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

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