Proverbs 13:15

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Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:4 : 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
  • 1 Sam 18:14-16 : 14 Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him. 15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.
  • Ps 95:9-9 : 9 where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work. 10 For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said,‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’ 11 So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

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    14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

    9Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    5Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it all.

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  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

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  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 19:3
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  • Prov 14:18-19
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    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 2:13
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  • Prov 14:15
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  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

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  • Prov 2:20
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  • Prov 19:25
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  • Prov 13:21
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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.