Proverbs 15:14

New International Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 119:100

I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

Proverbs 12:23

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Acts 17:11

Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

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.