Proverbs 14:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

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  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  • Prov 4:26 : 26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Acts 13:7 : 7 Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent. 19 For your obedience is known to all, and I am glad on your behalf. But I would have you wise in what is good, and innocent concerning evil.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:16-18
    3 verses
    84%

    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

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

  • Prov 27:12
    82%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 22:3
    82%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    79%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    78%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 15:21
    77%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 8:5
    76%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 12:23
    76%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 18:15
    76%

    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 28:26
    75%

    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Prov 14:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 14:14
    75%

    14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 9:16
    74%

    16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    74%

    4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 9:6
    74%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Eph 5:15
    73%

    15See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 16:20
    73%

    20He who deals wisely in a matter will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

  • Prov 7:7
    72%

    7And saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 14:24
    72%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Hos 14:9
    72%

    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Prov 14:12
    72%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Eccl 2:14
    72%

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 17:24
    71%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.