Proverbs 15:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 28:18-20 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth. 19 Go therefore, & teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost, 20 Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, vntill the ende of the worlde, Amen.
  • Mark 16:15 : 15 And he saide vnto them, Goe ye into all the worlde, and preach the Gospel to euery creature.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then saide the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Feare not, but speake, and holde not thy peace. 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall lay handes on thee to hurt thee: for I haue much people in this citie.
  • Rom 10:14-17 : 14 But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, Howe beautifull are the feete of them which bring glad tidings of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who hath beleeued our report? 17 Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the worde of God.
  • Rom 15:18-21 : 18 For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede, 19 With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ. 20 Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation. 21 But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt comunicatio proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And what things thou hast heard of me, by many witnesses, ye same deliuer to faithfull men, which shalbe able to teache other also.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for euer.
  • Ps 51:13-15 : 13 Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked, and sinners shalbe conuerted vnto thee. 14 Deliuer me from blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes. 15 Open thou my lippes, O Lorde, and my mouth shall shewe foorth thy praise.
  • Ps 71:15-18 : 15 My mouth shall daily rehearse thy righteousnesse, and thy saluation: for I knowe not the nomber. 16 I will goe forwarde in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousnesse, euen of thine onely. 17 O God, thou hast taught me fro my youth euen vntill nowe: therefore will I tell of thy wonderous workes, 18 Yea, euen vnto mine olde age and graie head, O God: forsake me not, vntill I haue declared thine arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them, that shall come.
  • Ps 78:2-6 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde. 3 Which we haue heard and knowen, & our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 Wee will not hide them from their children but to the generation to come we wil shewe the praises of the Lord his power also, & his wonderful woorkes that he hath done: 5 How he established a testimonie in Iaakob, and ordeined a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers, that they shoulde teache their children: 6 That the posteritie might knowe it, and the children, which should be borne, should stand vp, and declare it to their children:
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
  • Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth. 21 The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
  • Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables. 10 The Preacher sought to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, euen the wordes of trueth.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lippes, my spouse, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauoure of thy garments is as the sauoure of Lebanon.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:2
    86%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    85%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    84%

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

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.

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

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    83%

    21The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.

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

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    81%

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

    20The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

    21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

  • Prov 14:3
    81%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Prov 18:15
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    78%

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

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.

  • Prov 10:8
    77%

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

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Prov 5:2
    76%

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Prov 15:28
    76%

    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Prov 23:9
    76%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 18:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 20:15
    75%

    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 37:30
    75%

    30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

  • Prov 2:6
    75%

    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:7
    74%

    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Prov 15:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

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

    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:24
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:18
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:7
    73%

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7(7:9) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.