Proverbs 16:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² Wisdom brings true life to people who have it. But fools only learn to be more foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the instruction of fools is folly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

Common English Bible

²² One who has insight is a fountain of life, but the instruction of the foolish is folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Proverbs 16:22 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:11

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Proverbs 13:14

The teachings of a wise person give life. Those words will help you in times of trouble.

Proverbs 14:27

Respect for the Lord gives true life. It saves a person from death’s trap.

Proverbs 15:2

When a wise person speaks, other people want to listen. But a foolish person speaks only foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

Good people think before they answer. But evil people speak before they think, and that causes them trouble.

Proverbs 16:21

People will know if a person is wise. And a person that carefully chooses his words can be very persuasive.

Proverbs 16:23

A wise man always thinks before he speaks. And the words he says are good and worth hearing.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a wise man are like water bubbling up from a deep well—the well of wisdom!

Proverbs 18:7

When a foolish person talks, he ruins himself. His own words trap him.

Proverbs 3:22

Wisdom and understanding will give you life and make it more beautiful.

Matthew 15:14

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John 5:24

“I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.

John 6:63

It is not the body that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The things I told you are spirit. And so these things give life.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, where would we go? You have the things that give life forever.