Proverbs 16:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:28 : 28 A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE.
  • Prov 22:17-18 : 17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne: 18 for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:
  • Ps 37:30-31 : 30 Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer. 31 The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wy?dome, & his toge talketh of iudgment.
  • Ps 45:1 : 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge:

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 88%

    21 Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

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

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

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

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

  • 81%

    13 In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

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

  • 15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

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

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

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

    6 he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.

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

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

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

  • 6 For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

  • 2 yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.

  • 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

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

  • 19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • 76%

    31 The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

    32 The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.

  • 3 My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge.

  • 12 Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

  • 30 Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.

  • 76%

    17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

    18 for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:

  • 10 Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

  • 16 yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

  • 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

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

  • 1 A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

  • 23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

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

  • 74%

    23 O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

    24 The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • 2 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

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

  • 28 A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

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

  • 4 The wordes of a mas mouth are like depe waters, and the well of wy?dome is like a full streame.

  • 15 A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels.

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

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    27 He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.

    28 Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

  • 19 My sonne, ue eare & be wyse, so shal thine hert prospere in the waye.

  • 4 A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

  • 24 Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.