Proverbs 13:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:3 : 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 15:2 : 2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 ¶ Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 ¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 ¶ ‹Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.›
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
  • 1 Sam 25:10-11 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto men, whom I know not whence they [be]?
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Prov 12:22-23 : 22 ¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight. 23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:23
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    23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    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.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    84%

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

    16 ¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

  • Prov 14:15-18
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    83%

    15 ¶ The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.

    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.

    18 ¶ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:14
    81%

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

  • Prov 15:2
    81%

    2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 15:14
    80%

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

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    79%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    27 ¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

    28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

  • Prov 10:23
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:8
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    8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 20:3
    76%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    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 22:3
    76%

    3 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  • Eccl 2:14
    76%

    14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

  • Prov 26:12
    76%

    12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 18:15
    76%

    15 ¶ The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

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

  • Prov 13:20
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 ¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Ps 92:6
    75%

    6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Prov 17:10
    74%

    10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.