Proverbs 21:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

An ignorant fool learns by seeing others punished; a sensible person learns by being instructed.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:5

If you are already wise, you will become even wiser. And if you are clever, you will learn to understand

Proverbs 15:14

Anyone with good sense is eager to learn more, but fools are hungry for foolishness.

Proverbs 18:1

It's selfish and stupid to think only of yourself and to sneer at people who have sense.

Proverbs 18:15

Everyone with good sense wants to learn.

Proverbs 19:25

Stupid fools learn good sense by seeing others punished; a sensible person learns by being corrected.

Proverbs 9:7

Correct a worthless boaster, and all you will get are insults and injuries.

Proverbs 9:9

If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.

Numbers 16:34

The rest of the Israelites heard their screams, so they ran off, shouting, “We don't want that to happen to us!”

Acts 5:5

As soon as Ananias heard this, he dropped dead, and everyone who heard about it was frightened.

Deuteronomy 13:11

And when the rest of Israel hears about it, they will be afraid, and no one else will ever do such an evil thing again.

Deuteronomy 21:21

The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished.

Revelation 11:13

At that same moment there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were frightened and praised the God who rules in heaven.