Proverbs 14:24

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:10-13 : 10 For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other. 11 Loke what is in their houses, it cotinueth still: their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another, & are called after their owne names vpon the earth, 12 Neuerthelesse ma abydeth not insoch honor, but is copared vnto ye brute beastes, & becometh like vnto the. 13 This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse, & yet their posterite prayse it wt their mouth.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath sparsed abrode, & geue to the poore, his rightuousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted wt honor.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.
  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight. 12 For wy?dome defendeth as well as moneye, and the excellent knowlege and wy?dome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme: power, health, wisdome, knowlege & the feare of God are hir treasure.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?
  • Luke 16:9 : 9 And I saye vnto you: Make you frendes with the vnrighteous Mammon, yt whan ye shal haue nede, they maye receaue you in to euerlastinge Tabernacles.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 There was a certayne riche man, which clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen, and fared deliciously euery daye. 20 And there was a poore man named Lazarus which laye at his gate full of sores, 21 and desyred to be fylled with the crommes, that fell from the riche mans table. Yet came the dogges, and licked his sores. 22 But it fortuned, that the poore man dyed, and was caried of the angels in to Abrahams bosome. The riche man dyed also, and was buried. 23 Now whan he was in the hell, he lift vp his eyes in the payne, and sawe Abraham afarre of, and Lazarus in his bosome: 24 and he cried, and sayde: Father Abraham, haue mercy vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, & coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this flame. 25 But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 18 The ignoraut haue foolishnes in possessio, but the wyse are crowned with knowlege.

  • Prov 14:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    9 Fooles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauourable loue amoge the rightuous.

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

  • 14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 35 The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.

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

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

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

  • 77%

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

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

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

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

  • 20 In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

  • 23 Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.

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

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

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

  • 21 The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

  • 8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 4 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

  • 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.

  • 17 A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

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

  • 74%

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

    13 The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.

    14 A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

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

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

  • 32 for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

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

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

  • 10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

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

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

  • 8 For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

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

  • 6 For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • 9 A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

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

  • 24 For riches abyde not allwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.