Proverbs 7:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

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  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
  • Matt 15:16 : 16 And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless, 19 for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 `Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 `Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
  • Prov 14:15 : 15 The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
  • Prov 14:18 : 18 The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned `with' knowledge.
  • Prov 19:2 : 2 Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
  • Prov 24:30 : 30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
  • Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of Jehovah `is' perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah `are' stedfast, Making wise the simple,
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:8-10
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    8Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way `to' her house he doth step,

    9In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

    10And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

  • Prov 7:5-6
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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

    6For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

  • Eccl 7:23-25
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    23All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it `is' far from me.

    24Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

    25I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

  • Prov 9:4
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    4`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is' easy.

    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

  • Prov 1:4-7
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    4For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.

    5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

    6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

    7Fear of Jehovah `is' a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

  • Prov 24:30
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    30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

  • Prov 7:22
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    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

  • Eccl 11:9
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    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

  • Prov 24:32
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    32And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

  • Prov 22:3
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    3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

  • Job 29:7
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    7When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

  • Prov 14:33
    71%

    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

  • Job 17:10
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    10Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14The wise! -- his eyes `are' in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

  • Prov 1:22
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    22`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

  • Prov 7:12
    70%

    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

  • Eccl 2:3
    70%

    3I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He `is' a fool.'

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

  • Deut 32:28
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    28For a nation lost to counsels `are' they, And there is no understanding in them.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Ps 14:2
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    2Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.