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)

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

  • 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.

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

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

    15The 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%

    4The 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.

    6For 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%

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

    3Yea 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%

    19So [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%

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

  • Eccl 2:26
    73%

    26For [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%

    5Answer 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.