Proverbs 15:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ An understanding heart seeks knowledge; but fools feed on folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ The heart of the wise seeks doctrine. And the mouth of the foolish feeds on ignorance.

Proverbs 15:14 Cross References

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things; prophesy illusions;

Proverbs 18:15

An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

2 Peter 3:18

But 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.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim herds the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.

Proverbs 12:23

One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.