Proverbs 14:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Wisdom lets smart people know what they are doing, but stupid people only think they know.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:17

So don’t be foolish with your lives, but learn what the Lord wants you to do.

2 Timothy 3:13

People who are evil and cheat others will become worse and worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.

James 3:13

Are there any among you who are really wise and understanding? Then you should show your wisdom by living right. You should do what is good with humility. A wise person does not boast.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self gets worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil they want to do.

Proverbs 11:18

The work of evil people is all lies, but those who do right will receive a good reward.

Proverbs 8:20

I lead people the right way— along the paths of justice.

Proverbs 2:9

If you listen to him, you will understand what is just and fair and how to do what is right.

Psalm 119:73

With your hands you made me and helped me become what I am. Now help me learn and understand your commands.

Psalm 119:5

How I wish I could be more faithful in obeying your laws!

Psalm 111:10

Wisdom begins with fear and respect for the Lord. Those who obey him are very wise. Praises will be sung to him forever.

Jeremiah 13:20

Jerusalem, look! The enemy is coming from the north! Where is the flock you were once in charge of? That beautiful flock is gone now.

Psalm 143:8

Show me your faithful love this morning. I trust in you. Show me what I should do. I put my life in your hands!

1 Corinthians 3:19

I say this because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He catches those who think they are wise in their own clever traps.”

Proverbs 15:21

Doing foolish things makes a fool happy, but a wise person is careful to do what is right.

Proverbs 12:5

Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness in the same way that light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Whether people are wise or foolish, they will still die, and no one will remember either one of them forever. In the future, people will forget everything both of them did. So the two are really the same.