Proverbs 1:7
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.
Proverbs 1:32
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32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(A)
Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:23
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23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,(A)
but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 14:3
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Proverbs 14:8
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Proverbs 14:9
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9 Fools mock at making amends for sin,
but goodwill is found among the upright.
Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:24
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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)
Proverbs 14:33
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known
Proverbs 15:2
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Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)
Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
but the hearts of fools are not upright.
Proverbs 15:14
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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 16:22
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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
but folly brings punishment to fools.
Proverbs 17:7
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7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)
Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?(A)
Proverbs 17:21
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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)
Proverbs 17:24
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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.
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