Proverbs 14:7
¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 13:20 : 20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Prov 19:27 : 27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
- Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
- Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
- 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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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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9 ¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
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6 ¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
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14 ¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
- Prov 14:15-184 verses80%
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.
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16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
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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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6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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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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23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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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.
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24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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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.
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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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16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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7 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
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3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
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7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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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.
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11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
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5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
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20 ¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
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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?