Proverbs 15:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁷ 4 The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Common English Bible

⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools have none.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The lips of the wise shall disseminate knowledge. The heart of the foolish will be dissimilar.

Proverbs 15:7 Cross References

Psalm 119:13

0 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

Psalm 37:30

7 Keep innocence, and behold justice : for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

Psalm 45:2

the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

Proverbs 15:2

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved by him.

Proverbs 15:6

3 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.

Proverbs 15:8

5 All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

Proverbs 16:23

0 He that with fixed eyes deviseth· wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

Proverbs 5:2

Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

Song of Solomon 4:11

I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

Matthew 10:27

5 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Matthew 12:34

2 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.

Mark 16:15

It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Ephesians 4:29

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

2 Timothy 2:2

1 A faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall live also with him.

James 3:6

5 For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.