Proverbs 17:24

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:14 : 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.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
  • Eccl 8:1 : 1 where as no man hath wy?dome & vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. Wy?dome maketh a mas face to shyne, but malice putteth it out of fauoure.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf eny man wyl do his will, he shal knowe, whether this doctryne be of God, or whether I speake of my self.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.
  • 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 15:14 : 14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 14:33
    83%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

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

    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.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

    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 16:22
    80%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    80%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    79%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Prov 15:21
    78%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    78%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    78%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    78%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    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 23:9
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    77%

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

  • Prov 17:25
    77%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:23
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Ps 94:8
    75%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 1:7
    74%

    7 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.

  • Prov 19:3
    74%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 26:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:16
    74%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Eccl 6:8
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25 I 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.

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

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

  • Eccl 9:17
    73%

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