Proverbs 15:14

New English Translation

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

Cross References

Psalm 119:100

I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.

Psalm 119:97

O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.

Proverbs 1:5

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

Proverbs 12:23

The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 18:15

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!” and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see 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 the honor both now and on that eternal day.