Proverbs 15:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.”
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“A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 15:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 3:6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Psalms 119:100I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 12:23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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