Proverbs 13:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you have good sense, you will act sensibly, but fools act like fools.

Cross References

Psalm 112:5

Life will go well for those who freely lend and are honest in business.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom is found in the minds of people with good sense, but fools don't know it.

Proverbs 15:2

Words of wisdom come from the wise, but fools speak foolishness.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools have no desire to learn; they would much rather give their own opinion.

Proverbs 21:24

If you are proud and conceited, everyone will say, “You're a snob!”

Ecclesiastes 10:13

Fools begin with nonsense, and their stupid chatter ends with disaster.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Fools show their stupidity by the way they live; it's easy to see they have no sense.

Isaiah 52:13

The LORD says: My servant will succeed! He will be given great praise and the highest honours.

Matthew 10:16

I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Romans 16:19

I am glad that everyone knows how well you obey the Lord. But still, I want you to understand what is good and not have anything to do with evil.

1 Corinthians 14:20

My friends, stop thinking like children. Think like mature people and be as innocent as tiny babies.

Ephesians 5:17

Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do.

1 Samuel 25:17

He's a bully who won't listen to anyone. Isn't there something you can do? Please think of something! Or else our master and his family and everyone who works for him are all doomed.

1 Samuel 25:25

Don't pay any attention to that good-for-nothing Nabal. His name means “fool”, and it really fits him! I didn't see the men you sent,