Proverbs 24:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His wayes are allwaye filthie, thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight, he defyeth all his enemies.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Howbeit the naturall man perceaueth nothinge of ye sprete of God. It is foolishnes vnto him, and he can not perceaue it: for it must be spiritually discerned.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORDE, how glorious are thy workes, thy thoughtes are very depe. 6 An vnwyse man wil not knowe this, & a foole wil not vnderstode it.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 that his children were without prosperite or health: that they were slayne in the dore, and no ma to delyuer them:
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate, & whe they set me a chayre in ye strete: 8 whe the yonge me (as soone as they sawe me) hyd the selues, & when the aged arose, & stode vp vnto me: 9 whe the princes left of their talkinge, & laied their hade to their mouth: 10 whe the mightie kepte still their voyce, and whe their tonges cleued to the rofe of their mouthes. 11 When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good. 12 For I delyuered ye poore whe he cried, & the fatherlesse yt wanted helpe. 13 He yt shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, & ye widdowes hert praised me. 14 And why? I put vpon me rightuousnes, which couered me as a garmet, & equite was my crowne. 15 I was an eye vnto the blynde, & a fote to the lame. 16 I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly. 17 I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth. 18 Therfore, I thought verely, yt I shulde haue dyed in my nest: & yt my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see. 19 For my rote was spred out by the waters syde, & the dew laye vpo my corne. 20 My honor encreased more & more, and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande. 21 Vnto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, & wt sylence they taried for my coucell. 22 Yf I had spoken, they wolde haue it none other wayes, my wordes were so well taken amonge the. 23 They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: & gaped vpon me, as the groude doth to receaue the latter shower. 24 When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest: & this testimony of my coutenaunce pleased the nothinge at all. 25 When I agreed vnto their waye, I was the chefe, & sat as a kynge amonge his seruauntes: Or as one that comforteth soch as be in heuynesse.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite:
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment:
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Be thou an aduocate & stonde in iudgment thyself, to speake for all soch as be dome & sucourles. 9 With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 soch as laboure to drawe me vnto synne: and yt disceaue him, which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as turne good personnes to vanite.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 but they owe him euel will, yt reproueth them openly: and who so telleth the the playne treuth, they abhorre him.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute synnes, I knowe them right well. Enemies are ye off the rightuous, ye take rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgment.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the euell, and loue the good: set vp right agayne in the porte: & (no doute) the LORDE God of hoostes shall be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 23:9
    80%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    77%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

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

  • Prov 17:28
    77%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Prov 15:14
    75%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    75%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

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

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    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.

  • Eccl 9:17
    74%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes.

    21 She calleth before ye congregacion in ye open gates, and sheweth hir wordes thorow ye cite, sayenge:

  • Prov 10:21
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

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

  • Prov 14:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:6
    72%

    6 For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

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

  • Prov 9:13
    72%

    13 A foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch one as hath no knowlege,

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7 An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.