Proverbs 23:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

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  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Geue not that which is holy, to dogges: nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete, & the other turne agayne and all to rente you.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 All these thinges herde the Pharises, which were couetous, and they mocked hi.
  • John 8:52 : 52 Then sayde the Iewes vnto him: Now knowe me, that thou hast the deuell. Abraham is deed and the prophetes, and thou sayest: Yf eny ma kepe my worde, he shal neuer taist of death.
  • John 9:30-34 : 30 The man answered, and sayde vnto the: This is a maruelous thinge, that ye wote not whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. 31 For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he. 32 Sens ye worlde beganne was it not herde, that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. 33 Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothinge. 34 They answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou art alltogether borne in synne, and teachest thou vs? And they thrust him out.
  • John 9:40 : 40 And some of the Pharises yt were with him, herde this, and sayde vnto him: Are we then blynde also?
  • John 10:20 : 20 Many of the sayde: He hath the deuell, and is madd, why heare ye him?
  • Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But whan the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignacion, and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul, speakinge agaynst it, & blasphemynge. 46 But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and sayde: It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you: but now that ye thrust it fro you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life, lo, we turne to the Gentyles.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 But certayne Philosophers of ye Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him. And some sayde: What will this babler saye? But some sayde: He semeth to be a tidinges brynger of new goddes (That was, because he had preached vnto the the Gospell of Iesus, & of the resurreccion.)
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Whan they herde of the resurreccion of the deed, some mocked. But some sayde: We wyl heare the agayne of this matter.
  • Acts 28:25-28 : 25 But wha they agreed not amoge the selues, they departed, wha Paul had spoke one worde: Full well hath the holy goost spoke by ye prophet Esay vnto or fathers, 26 & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue. 27 For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & they heare hardly wt their eares: & their eyes haue they closed, yt they shulde not once se wt their eyes, & heare wt their eares, & vnderstode i their hertes, and be couerted, yt I mighte heale the. 28 Be it knowne therfore vnto you, yt this saluacio of God is sent vnto ye Heythe, and they shal heare it.
  • 1 Cor 1:21-24 : 21 Hath not God made the wyssdome of this worlde foolishnesse? For in so moch as the worlde by the wyssdome therof knewe not God in his wyssdome, it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them yt beleue. 22 For the Iewes requyre tokens, and the Grekes axe after wyssdome. 23 But we preach Christ the crucified: to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes foolishnes. 24 But vnto them that are called (both Iewes and Grekes) we preach Christ the power of God and the wyssdome off God.
  • 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christ: We weake, but ye stroge: Ye honorable, but we despysed. 11 Euen vnto this daye we hoger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, 12 and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it: 13 We are euell spoken of, and we praye: We are become as it were the very outswepinges of ye worlde, yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him self dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth himself. 8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.
  • Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him: 5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.
  • Isa 36:21 : 21 Vnto this, Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges, and answered not one worde: for the kinge had charged them, that they shulde geue him none answere.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 24:7
    80%

    7Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Prov 26:4-7
    4 verses
    80%

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

    6He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.

    7Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.

  • Eccl 10:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

    13The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.

    14A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

  • Prov 12:23
    78%

    23He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 23:8
    78%

    8Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

    11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Prov 10:8
    77%

    8A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

  • Prov 14:3
    77%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.

    17A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

  • Prov 17:24
    77%

    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

  • Prov 15:2
    77%

    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 10:3
    76%

    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 14:33
    76%

    33Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

  • Prov 10:14
    76%

    14Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Prov 19:10
    76%

    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • Eccl 7:5
    75%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 15:14
    75%

    14A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 29:20
    75%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Prov 26:9
    75%

    9A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Prov 17:16
    75%

    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Prov 19:1
    75%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Prov 17:7
    74%

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

  • Prov 14:24
    74%

    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 13:16
    74%

    16A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

    2A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

  • Prov 17:28
    74%

    28Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

  • Prov 9:6
    74%

    6Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 10:21
    74%

    21The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

  • Eccl 7:9
    73%

    9Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

  • Prov 27:22
    73%

    22Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Take hede, ye vnwise amonge the people: o ye fooles, when wil ye vnderstonde?

  • Prov 23:10
    73%

    10Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:

  • Eccl 5:3
    73%

    3For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.