Proverbs 15:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding will keepe silence.
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things, 19 So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:20
    83%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 14:6-9
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

  • Prov 10:23
    82%

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    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 17:21
    80%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 13:16
    80%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 16:22
    80%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    80%

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

  • Prov 13:20
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    79%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    78%

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

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

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

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 15:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

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

    2For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feete, sinneth.

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

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    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 14:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    78%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    77%

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

  • Prov 21:16
    76%

    16A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 10:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

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

    9He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.

  • Prov 3:13
    76%

    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 15:22
    76%

    22Without cousel thoughts come to nought: but in the multitude of counsellers there is stedfastnesse.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

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

  • Eccl 7:4
    76%

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 10:1
    75%

    1A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Prov 10:14
    75%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    75%

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    75%

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 22:15
    75%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Prov 19:10
    75%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

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

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Prov 5:23
    75%

    23Hee shall die for faute of instruction, and shall goe astraie through his great follie.

  • Prov 11:29
    75%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 1:32
    75%

    32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • Prov 26:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    74%

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