Proverbs 14:7

Proverbs 14:7 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge on their lips.

Context of Proverbs 14:7

5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. 6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 14:7 word by word

לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭נֶּגֶד לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּבַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• from the presenceנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• of a foolishכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• when thou perceivestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: wordsH8193
• of knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:7

• Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
• Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
• 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
• Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Commentaries on Proverbs 14:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7When thou perceivest not - the lips of knowledge - Instead of דעת daath, knowledge, several MSS. have שקר sheker, a lie. How this reading came I cannot conjecture. The meaning of the adage is plain: Never associate with a vain, empty fellow, when thou perceivest he can neither convey nor receive instruction.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 We discover a wicked man if there is no savour of piety in his discourse.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Avoid the society of those who cannot teach you.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 14:7

• Company
• Fellowship
• Fool
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Backslider
• Confident
• Crib
• Easy
• Envious
• Hasty
• Mock
• Poetry
• Prudent
• Rich

Commentaries on Proverbs 14

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings