Proverbs 14:18
¶ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- Prov 4:7-9 : 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Prov 11:29-30 : 29 ¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart. 30 ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
- Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
- Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
- Matt 23:29-32 : 29 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,› 30 ‹And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.› 31 ‹Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.› 32 ‹Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.›
- 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
- 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
- 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
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15 ¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
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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.
9 ¶ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
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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.
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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.
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23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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12 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
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33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
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3 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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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.
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15 ¶ The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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11 ¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
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25 ¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
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2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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14 ¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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29 ¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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29 ¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
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16 ¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
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7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
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6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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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.
2 ¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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10 ¶ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
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11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
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23 ¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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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.
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7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.