Proverbs 17:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Come to the waters all ye, yt be thurstie, & ye that haue no moneye. Come, bye, that ye maye haue to eate. Come, bye wyne & mylck, without eny money, or moneye worth, 2 Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes. 3 Enclyne youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede & youre soule shal lyue. For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye.
  • John 3:20 : 20 Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and sayde: It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you: but now that ye thrust it fro you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life, lo, we turne to the Gentyles.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue. 27 For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & they heare hardly wt their eares: & their eyes haue they closed, yt they shulde not once se wt their eyes, & heare wt their eares, & vnderstode i their hertes, and be couerted, yt I mighte heale the.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We as helpers therfore exhorte you, that ye receaue not ye grace of God in vayne.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 But who shal geue them soch an herte, yt they maye feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes as longe as they lyue, yt it maye go well with them, and with their childre for euer?
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 I am the LORDE thy God, which brought the out of the lode of Egipte: ope thy mouth wyde, & I shal fyll it. 12 But my people wolde not heare my voyce, & Israel wolde not obeye me. 13 So I gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust, & let the folowe their owne ymaginacions.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? 23 O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 It is you, o ye men (sayeth she) whom I call. Unto you (o ye childre of me) lift I vp my voyce. 5 Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde: 5 O come on youre waye, eate my bred, and drynke my wyne, which I haue poured out for you. 6 Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor. 26 He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

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

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    77%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.

    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

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

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

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

  • Prov 17:21
    75%

    21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

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

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:12
    75%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

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

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6An vnwyse man wil not knowe this, & a foole wil not vnderstode it.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17He is a frende that allwaye loueth, and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother.

    18Who so promiseth by the hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 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.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

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

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge?

  • Eccl 2:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.

    16For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Take hede, ye vnwise amonge the people: o ye fooles, when wil ye vnderstonde?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.