Proverbs 18:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:14 : 14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.
  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 O what a loue haue I vnto thy lawe? all the daye longe is my talkynge of it. 98 Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser the myne enemies, for it is euer by me. 99 I haue more vnderstondinge then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. 100 Yee I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy comaundementes. 101 I refrayne my fete from euery euell waye, that I maye kepe thy wordes. 102 I shrenck not from thy iudgmentes, for thou teachest me. 103 O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte? Yee more the hony vnto my mouth. 104 Thorow thy commaundementes I get vnderstondinge, therfore I hate all false wayes.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge
  • Luke 8:8-9 : 8 And some fell vpo a good grounde, and sprange vp, and bare frute an hundreth folde. Wha he sayde this he cryed: Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare. 9 And his disciples axed him, and sayde: What symilitude is this? 10 And he sayde: Vnto you it is geue, to knowe the mysteryes of the kyngdome of God, but vnto the other in parables, yt though they se it, they shulde not se it, and though they heare it, they shulde not vnderstonde.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister, called Mary, which sat hir downe at Iesus fete, and herkened vnto his worde.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And for so moch as thou hast knowne holy scripture of a childe, the same is able to make ye wyse vnto saluacion thorow the faith in Christ Iesu. 16 For all scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is profitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and to instructe in righteousnes, 17 that a man off God maye be perfecte, and prepared vnto all good workes.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 Yf eny of you lacke wyssdome, let him axe of God, which geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geue him.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 22:17
    82%

    17My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

  • Prov 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge.

    5By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

    6he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.

  • Prov 15:14
    81%

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

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    80%

    21Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

    22Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

    23The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

  • Prov 15:7
    79%

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

  • Prov 23:12
    78%

    12Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse.

    32He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth himself to correccion, is wyse.

  • Prov 12:23
    78%

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

  • Prov 2:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

    3For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:

  • Prov 14:18
    77%

    18The ignoraut haue foolishnes in possessio, but the wyse are crowned with knowlege.

  • Prov 2:10
    77%

    10Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

  • Prov 10:14
    76%

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

  • Prov 18:16
    76%

    16Liberalite bryngeth a man to honor and worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men.

  • Prov 14:15
    76%

    15An ignoraut body beleueth all thinges, but who so hath vnderstondinge, loketh well to his goinges.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

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

  • Prov 19:8
    76%

    8He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.

    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 5:1
    75%

    1My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, & bowe thine eare vnto my prudece:

  • Prov 3:13
    75%

    13Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.

    6For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 1:2
    75%

    2to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence,

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:5
    74%

    5A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.

  • Prov 20:5
    74%

    5Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, bryngeth it forth.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:4
    74%

    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

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

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.

    3For like as the mouth tasteth the meates, so the eare proueth & discerneth the wordes.

  • Prov 18:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Who so hath pleasure to sowe discorde, piketh a quarell in euery thinge.

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

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 8:9
    74%

    9They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstode, & right to the that fynde knowlege.

  • Prov 17:27
    74%

    27He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.

  • Prov 8:12
    74%

    12I wysdome haue my dwellynge wt knowlege, and prudent councell is myne owne.

  • Eccl 1:18
    74%

    18for where moch wy?dome is, there is also greate trauayle & disquietnes: & ye more knowlege a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

  • Eccl 7:25
    73%

    25I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • Prov 9:9
    73%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.