Proverbs 15:7
5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
6 The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- KJV
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
- WEB
- The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
- ASV
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
- DARBY
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.
- BLB
- The lips of the wise ones scatter knowledge, and the heart of fools, not so.
- ÅB
- De vises lepper strør ut kunnskap, men dårenes sinn er ikke rett.
- OTB
- De vises lepper sprer kunnskap, men dårers hjerter er ikke rette.
- B1930
- De vises leber strør ut kunnskap, men dårenes sinn er ikke rett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Read in contextEphesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read in contextJames 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Read in contextProverbs 10:20–21
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Read in contextMatthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Read in contextPsalms 78:2–6
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Read in contextPsalms 71:15–18
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
Read in contextRomans 15:18–21
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
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