Proverbs 13:15

World English Bible (2000)

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 "Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.
  • 1 Sam 18:14-16 : 14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
  • Ps 95:9-9 : 9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. 10 Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways." 11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

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  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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    4So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

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    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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

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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

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    10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

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  • Prov 14:18-19
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    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.