Proverbs 13:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:3 : 3 And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 Beholde, my seruant shall prosper: he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very hie.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 Then Nabal answered Dauids seruantes, & sayd, Who is Dauid? And who is the sonne of Ishai? There be many seruantes nowe a dayes, that breake away euery man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Nowe therefore take heede, and see what thou shalt doe: for euill will surely come vpon our master, and vpon all his familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and follie is with him: but I thine handmayde sawe not the yong men of my lord whom thou sentest.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.
  • Prov 12:22-23 : 22 The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite. 23 A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:23
    86%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    83%

    15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

    18The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:14
    81%

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • Prov 15:2
    81%

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:14
    80%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Prov 29:11
    80%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 15:21
    80%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 16:22
    80%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Prov 14:33
    79%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 14:24
    78%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 27:12
    78%

    12A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

  • Prov 15:7
    78%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

    24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

  • Prov 17:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

    27Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.

    28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • Prov 10:23
    77%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 10:8
    77%

    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 17:16
    77%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Prov 14:3
    77%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 20:3
    76%

    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

    13The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse.

    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

    15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

  • Prov 22:3
    76%

    3A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

  • Eccl 2:14
    76%

    14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

  • Prov 26:12
    76%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 19:1
    76%

    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 18:15
    76%

    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 13:20
    75%

    20He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.

  • Prov 21:20
    75%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Ps 92:6
    75%

    6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • Prov 17:10
    74%

    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.