Proverbs 16:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it, but folly is the punishment of fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the instruction of fools is folly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

Common English Bible

²² One who has insight is a fountain of life, but the instruction of the foolish is folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Proverbs 16:22 Krydshenvisninger

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Proverbs 16:23

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Proverbs 18:7

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Proverbs 3:22

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John 5:24

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