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Proverbs 15:7
7The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Proverbs 15:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
- New International Version (NIV)The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the heart of the fool does not do so.
Context of Proverbs 15:7
5A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible. 6The house of the righteous has great wealth, but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked. The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. 8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9The Lord detests the way of the wicked, but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:7 word by word
שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 15:7
- Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom; his tongue speaks what is just.
- Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace flows from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Psalms 51:13Then I will teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you.
- Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all day long, though I cannot sum them up.
- Psalms 78:2I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past —
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from your mouth.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.
- Matthew 28:18Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- Mark 16:15Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
- Acts 18:9The Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.
- Romans 10:14How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
- Romans 15:18For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,
- Ephesians 4:29No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
- 2 Timothy 2:2What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
- Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is pure silver; the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Not so - The word translated “so” is taken by some in its etymological force as “strong,” “firm,” and the passage is rendered “the heart of the fool disperseth (supplied from the first clause) what is weak and unsteady,” i. e., “falsehood and unwisdom.” The Septuagint takes it as an adjective, “the heart of the fool is unstedfast.” The phrase as it stands in the King James Version is, however, of frequent occurrence Genesis 48:18; Exodus 10:11; Numbers…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 We use knowledge aright when we disperse it; but the heart of the foolish has nothing to disperse that is good.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Compare Pr 10:20, 21). heart ... not so--not right, or vain.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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