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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 14:6-9
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    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.

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It 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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    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 17:21
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    21He 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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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his 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.

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

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

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom 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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    3Yes, 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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    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There 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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    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    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.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The 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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    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 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 15:22
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    22Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The 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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    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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

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

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness 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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    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In 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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    8For 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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    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He 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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    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

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

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