Proverbs 18:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 מ(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules. 100 I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts. 101 I stay away from every evil path, so that I might keep your instructions. 102 I do not turn aside from your regulations, for you teach me. 103 Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey! 104 Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Acquire truth and do not sell it– wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
  • Luke 8:8-9 : 8 But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” 9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 22:17
    82%

    17The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.

    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

    6To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

  • Prov 15:14
    81%

    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    80%

    21The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

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

    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • Prov 15:7
    79%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

  • Prov 23:12
    78%

    12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

    32The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.

  • Prov 12:23
    78%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 2:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

    3indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding–

  • Prov 14:18
    77%

    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 2:10
    77%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

  • Prov 10:14
    76%

    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 18:16
    76%

    16A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

  • Prov 14:15
    76%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 19:8
    76%

    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

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

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 5:1
    75%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

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

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 1:2
    75%

    2To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel.

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 24:5
    74%

    5A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

  • Prov 20:5
    74%

    5Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

  • Eccl 7:4
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

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

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

    3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Prov 18:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:9
    74%

    9All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

  • Prov 17:27
    74%

    27The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

  • Prov 8:12
    74%

    12“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

  • Eccl 1:18
    74%

    18For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Prov 9:9
    73%

    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.