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%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer 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
    2 verses
    78%

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

    28Even 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
    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 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%

    14The 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
    75%

    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%

    6A 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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    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.