Proverbs 14:7

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Når du går fra en dåre, har du ikke funnet forstand på hans lepper.
OTB: Gå bort fra en dåres nærvær, for du vil ikke finne kunnskapsord på hans lepper.
B1930: Når du går fra en dåre, har du ikke funnet forstand på hans leber.

BSB: Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
KJV: Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
WEB: Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
ASV: Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.
DARBY: Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
BLB: Depart from in front of a man [who is] foolish, for you will not know there the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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