Proverbs 14:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Common English Bible

⁷ Stay away from fools, for you won’t learn wise speech there.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.

Proverbs 14:7 Cross References

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

Jeremiah 28:11

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

1 Corinthians 5:11

but now I write unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

Ephesians 5:11

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;