Proverbs 1:7
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7 Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
Proverbs 1:32
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32 for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 3:35
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35 They will inherit the honor of the wise,
but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Proverbs 10:14
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14 Those who are wise lay up knowledge,
but to the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 Lips of righteousness feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:21 Literally “in the lack of heart, they die”
Proverbs 10:23
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23 It is like a sport for a fool to do wrong,
wisdom for a person of understanding.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 He who brings trouble to his household, he will inherit wind,[a]
and a fool will serve the wise of heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:29 Or “breath, spirit”
Proverbs 14:3
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3 In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride,
but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Proverbs 14:8
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8 The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways,
but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:9
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9 Fools mock[a] the guilt offering,
but among the upright, it is favorable.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew “he mocks”
Proverbs 14:16
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16 The wise is cautious and turns from evil,
but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
the folly of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:33
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33 In the heart[a] of him who has understanding, wisdom rests,
but even in the midst of fools it becomes known.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:33 Or “mind”
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge,
but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise will spread knowledge,
but the heart[a] of fools, not so.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:7 Or “mind”
Proverbs 15:14
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14 The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge,
but the faces of fools, they[a] will feed on folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:14 Hebrew “he/it”
Proverbs 16:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:22 Or “master”
- Proverbs 16:22 Or “punishment”
Proverbs 17:7
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “A lip of fineness”
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “only for”
- Proverbs 17:7 Literally “lip of deceit”
Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”
Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him;
the father of a fool will not rejoice.
Proverbs 17:24
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24 He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:24 Or “land”
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