Proverbs 10:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:21 : 21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
  • Prov 2:14 : 14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 ¶ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:21
    82%

    21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 14:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6 ¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

    7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

    9 ¶ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Prov 14:33
    77%

    33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 18:2
    77%

    2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12 ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.

    14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 16:22
    76%

    22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14 ¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

    23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

    25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 19:10
    76%

    10 ¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

    17 ¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

    5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

    6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 29:11
    76%

    11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

  • Prov 14:24
    75%

    24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 ¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

    14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Prov 26:19
    75%

    19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Prov 20:3
    74%

    3 ¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20 ¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 29:9
    74%

    9 ¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

  • Prov 17:16
    74%

    16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 10:24
    74%

    24 ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 10:10
    73%

    10 ¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 11:29
    73%

    29 ¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 24:7
    73%

    7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29 ¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 13:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 ¶ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.

    20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 24:9
    73%

    9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

  • Eccl 2:26
    73%

    26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 26:10
    73%

    10 ¶ The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

  • Prov 26:5
    73%

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.