Proverbs 15:7
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after 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
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Read in contextEphesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Read in contextJames 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Read in contextProverbs 10:20–21
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Read in contextMatthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Read in contextPsalms 78:2–6
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Read in contextPsalms 71:15–18
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Read in contextRomans 15:18–21
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
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