Proverbs 12:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

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  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 But yf eny man thinke himselfe to be somwhat (whan in dede he is nothinge) the same disceaueth himselfe.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 The generacion that thynke them selues cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.
  • Jer 38:15-28 : 15 The Ieremy answerde Sedechias: Yf I be playne vnto the, thou wilt cause me suffre death: yf I geue the coucell, thou wilt not folowe me. 16 So the kynge swore an ooth secretly vnto Ieremy, sayenge: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, that made vs these soules, I will not slaye the, ner geue the in to the hodes of them, that seke after thy life. 17 Then sayde Ieremy vnto Sedechias: Thus saieth ye LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel: Yf case be, that thou wilt go forth vnto the kynge off Babilons prynces, thou shalt saue thy life, and this cite shall not be bret, yee both thou and thy housholde shall escape with youre lyues. 18 But yff thou wilt not go forth to the kynge off Babilons prynces, then shal this cite be delyuered in to the hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre vpon it, and thou shalt be able to escape them. 19 And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy: I am afrayde for the Iewes, that are fled vnto the Caldees, lest I come in their hodes, and so they to haue me in derision. 20 But Ieremy answerde: No, they shal not betraye the: O herken vnto the voyce off the LORDE (I beseke ye) which I speake vnto the, so shalt thou be well, and saue thy life. 21 But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE hath tolde me this planely: 22 Beholde, all the women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes house, shal go out to the kynge of Babilons prynces. For they thynke, yt thou art disceaued: and that ye men in whom thou didest put thy trust, haue gotten the vnder, and set thy fete fast in the myre, and gone their waye from the. 23 Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees, and thou shalt not escape their hondes, but shalt be ye kynge of Babilons presoner, & this cite shall be brent. 24 Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy: loke yt no body knowe off these wordes, and thou shalt not dye. 25 But yf the prynces perceaue, that I haue talked with the, and come vnto the, sayenge: O speake, what sayde the kynge to the? hyde it not from vs, and we wil not put the to death. Tell vs (we praye the) what sayde ye kynge to the? 26 Se thou geue them this answere: I haue humbly besought the kynge, that he will let me lye nomore in Ionathas house, that I dye not there? 27 Then came all the princes vnto Ieremy, and axed him, And he tolde them, after the maner as the kynge bad him. Then they helde their peace, for they perceaued nothinge. 28 So Ieremy abode still in the fore entrie off the preson, vntill the daye that Ierusalem was wonne.
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • Prov 15:20-22
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    20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

    21 A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

    22 Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men yt can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2 A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.

    3 A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12 Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24 Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 28:26
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    26 He that trusteth in his owne hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely, shalbe safe.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

    9 He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:15-17
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    78%

    15 An ignoraut body beleueth all thinges, but who so hath vnderstondinge, loketh well to his goinges.

    16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

    17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

  • Prov 14:12
    76%

    12 There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

    16 What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Eccl 7:5
    76%

    5 It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 21:2
    76%

    2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

  • Prov 19:1
    76%

    1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Prov 23:9
    76%

    9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7 Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20 He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15 The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25 There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20 O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self, as for fooles they go on still, and suffer harme.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31 The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.