Proverbs 13:16
Every udent 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 oud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in oud 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 abad 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 udent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools oclaimeth foolishness.
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23 A udent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools oclaimeth foolishness.
- Prov 14:6-83 verses85%
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the esence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses84%
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 esently known: but a udent man covereth shame.
- Prov 14:15-184 verses83%
15 The simple believeth every word: but the udent 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 udent are crowned with knowledge.
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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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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11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
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21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uightly.
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22 Understanding is a wellsing of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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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.
- Eccl 10:2-32 verses79%
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.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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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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12 A udent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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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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24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
- Prov 17:27-282 verses78%
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.
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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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8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a ating fool shall fall.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reoof is udent.
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16 Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of ide: but the lips of the wise shall eserve them.
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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 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- Eccl 10:12-154 verses76%
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, bause he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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3 A udent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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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.
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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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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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15 The heart of the udent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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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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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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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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10 A reoof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.