Proverbs 14:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man is acceptable vnto the LORDE, but ye wicked wyl he condempne.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure, 19 And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke, but righteousnes, & peace, and ioye in the holy goost. 18 He that in these thinges serueth Christ, pleaseth God, & is comended of me.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 how that they tolde you yt their shulde be begylers in the last tyme, which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How moch more then an abhominable and vyle ma, which dryncketh wickednesse like water?
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 where is there soch one as Iob, yt drinketh vp scornefulnes like water? 8 which goeth in ye company of wicked doers, & walketh wt vngodly me? 9 For he saieth: Though a ma be good, yet is he naught before God.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth life, and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:8
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33-35
    3 verses
    79%

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

    34Rightuousnes setteth vp the people, but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccion.

    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.

  • Prov 24:9
    77%

    9The thoughte of ye foolish is synne, & ye scornefull is an abhominacion vnto me.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

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

  • Prov 10:23
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:16-19
    4 verses
    75%

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

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

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

    19The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Job 22:19
    74%

    19For wt ioy shal the godly, and with gladnesse shal the innocent se,

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:29
    73%

    29Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 14:1
    73%

    1The foolish bodyes saye in their hertes: Tush, there is no God. They are corrupte, ad become abhominable in their doynges, there is not one yt doth good.

  • Ps 107:17
    73%

    17Foolish me were plaged for their offence, & because of their wickednesse.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Prov 18:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.

  • Prov 26:10
    72%

    10A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:6
    72%

    6The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

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

  • Ps 52:6
    72%

    6Therfore shal God cleane destroyethe, smyte the in peces, plucke the out of thy dwellinge, and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge.

  • Prov 10:8
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19When a desyre is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell.

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

  • Prov 19:10
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:10
    71%

    10The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye.

  • Prov 26:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

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

  • Ps 53:1
    71%

    1The foolish bodies saye in their hertes: Tush, there is no God. Corrupte are they, and become abhominable in their wickednesses: there is not one, that doth good.

  • Prov 10:18
    71%

    18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

  • Eccl 10:2
    71%

    2A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

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