Proverbs 16:22

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

Cross References

John 6:63

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.*

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

John 5:24

*Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

John 6:68

Shim`on Kefa answered him, *Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Proverbs 3:22

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.