Proverbs 8:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:22 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say,“I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked, 18 take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the LORD are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
  • Isa 42:13 : 13 The LORD emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 The Lord Gives an Invitation“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! 2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! 3 Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Ps 94:8
    82%

    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

  • Prov 14:33
    81%

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

  • Prov 9:6
    79%

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 1:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

  • Prov 15:14
    78%

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

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    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 9:4
    78%

    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 9:16
    78%

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 1:22
    78%

    22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 18:2
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    77%

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

  • Prov 2:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:18
    76%

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

  • Prov 17:24
    76%

    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 14:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 1:32
    76%

    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 5:1
    76%

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

  • Jer 5:21
    75%

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Prov 26:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    75%

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

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Wisdom Can Be Nullified By the Caprice of Rulers A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

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

  • Prov 7:7
    75%

    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

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

    5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Prov 13:16
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:4
    74%

    4“To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

    15The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

  • Eph 5:15
    74%

    15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

  • Prov 17:16
    74%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Prov 1:2
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    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 15:5
    74%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Job 34:2
    74%

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

  • Prov 27:12
    73%

    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 2:10
    73%

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

  • Ps 92:6
    73%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Prov 8:6
    73%

    6Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

    33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

  • Prov 15:21
    73%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.