Proverbs 7:7

New International Reader's Version

Among those who were childish I saw a young man who had no sense.

Cross References

Job 24:15

Those who commit adultery wait until the sun goes down. They think, ‘No one will see us.’ They keep their faces hidden.

Psalm 119:130

When your words are made clear, they bring light. They bring understanding to childish people.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect. It gives us new strength. The laws of the Lord can be trusted. They make childish people wise.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:32

“The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.

Proverbs 1:4

They give understanding to childish people. They give knowledge and good sense to those who are young.

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of those who understand what is right. But those who have no sense are punished.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who farm their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams have no sense.

Proverbs 14:15

A childish person believes anything. But a wise person thinks about how they live.

Proverbs 14:18

Childish people act in keeping with their foolish ways. But knowledge makes wise people feel like kings.

Proverbs 19:2

Getting excited about something without knowledge isn’t good. It’s even worse to be in a hurry and miss the way.

Proverbs 19:25

If you whip a person who makes fun of others, childish people will learn to be wise. If you warn those who already understand what is right, they will gain even more knowledge.

Proverbs 22:3

Wise people see danger and go to a safe place. But childish people keep going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 24:30

I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work. I went past the vineyard of someone who didn’t have any sense.

Proverbs 27:12

Wise people see danger and go to a safe place. But childish people keep on going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Listen carefully to my wise sayings.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father’s command. Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who commits adultery has no sense. Anyone who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 8:5

You who are childish, get some good sense. You who are foolish, set your hearts on getting it.

Proverbs 9:16

“Let all who are childish come to my house!” She speaks to those who have no sense.

Proverbs 9:4

She says, “Let all who are childish come to my house!” She speaks to those who have no sense. She says,

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are children who do not have any sense. They have no understanding at all. They are skilled in doing what is evil. They do not know how to do what is good.”

Matthew 15:16

“Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked them.