Proverbs 15:14

Modern English Version

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Cross References

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Proverbs 1:5

a wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Isaiah 30:10

they say to the seers, “You must not see visions,” and to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us right things; speak to us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside so that he cannot deliver his soul, or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind and chases after the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and devastation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Acts 17:11

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, daily examining the Scriptures, to find out if these things were so.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory, both now and forever. Amen.