The Wise Woman
Proverbs 14:7
In 11 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- Go from before a foolish man, || Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.
- YLT
- Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
- DBY
- Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
- DRC
- Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.
- GNV
- Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
- JPS
- Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.
- LXXE
- All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭נֶּגֶד לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּבַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃
- LXX-Br
- Πάντα ἐναντία ἀνδρὶ ἄφρονι, ὅπλα δὲ αἰσθήσεως χείλη σοφά.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PresenceFoolFoolsPoetryCompanyAlliance and Society with the Enemies of GodFellowshipProverbs, the Book ofWisdom
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Proverbs 19:27If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).