Proverbs 15:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever.
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

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  • Prov 15:20
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    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 14:6-9
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    6 A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

    7 Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive 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 mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

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

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

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

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20 He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3 Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24 Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 19:1-3
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    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    2 Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

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

  • Prov 14:15-18
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    15 The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

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

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

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

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14 The 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.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15 The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8 The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

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

  • Prov 3:13
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    13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

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    22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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

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    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

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    6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

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    15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

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

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Prov 5:23
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    23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

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    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.