I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts.
Proverbs 15:14 - Tree of Life Version A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly. [Isa. 32:6.] American Standard Version (1901) The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly. Common English Bible An understanding heart seeks knowledge; but fools feed on folly. Catholic Public Domain Version The heart of the wise seeks doctrine. And the mouth of the foolish feeds on ignorance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. |
I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts.
(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)
A clever person conceals his knowledge, but the heart of a fool blurts out folly.
All the days of the afflicted are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
A discerning heart gains knowledge, the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
“Ephraim surrounded Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.” Though Judah roams restlessly with God, yet he is faithful with holy things.
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, because they received the message with goodwill, searching the Scriptures each day to see whether these things were true.
Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen.