the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 14:7
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Stay away from fools, for you won't find knowledge on their lips.
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And you shall not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from fools, because they can't teach you anything.
Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from a foolish man, For you won't find knowledge on his lips.
Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool, For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips.
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence.
Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Stay away from fools, or you won't learn a thing.
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
Keep clear of a fool, for you won't hear a sensible word from him.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from fools, there is nothing they can teach you.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.
Goe from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
Go away from a foolish man, for you will not find words of much learning.
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.
Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
Everything is a hindrance to a foolish man; but the lips of a wise man are like a weapon.
Stay away from foolish people; they have nothing to teach you.
Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.
All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
Stay away from a foolish person;you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Stay away from a foolish man, For you won't find knowledge on his lips.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Leave the presence of a foolish man, for you will not come to know words of knowledge.
Go from before a foolish man, or you will not know the lips of knowledge.
Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.
Escape quickly from the company of fools; they're a waste of your time, a waste of your words.
Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.
Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.
Leave the presence of a fool,As you have not known lips of knowledge there.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 19:27, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 28:11 - Thus
Cross-References
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, [fn]
And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; [fn] observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
Chief Korah, [fn] Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.
Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the LORD, the LORD will not be with you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Go from the presence of a foolish man,.... A wicked one; avoid him, shun his company, depart from him, have no fellowship with him, it, being dangerous, infectious, and hurtful;
when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge; when it is observed that his lips pour out foolishness, what is corrupt and unsavoury, unchaste and filthy; what does not minister grace to the hearers, nor is for the use of edifying, nor any ways improving in useful knowledge, but all the reverse: the Targum is,
"for there is no knowledge in his lips,''
in what is expressed by them; some understand this ironically, and render the words thus, "go right against a foolish man" f; join in company with him, "and thou shalt not know the lips of knowledge", or learn anything by him; if you have a mind to be ignorant, keep company with a foolish man; so Jarchi and Gersom: or rather to this sense the words may be rendered, "go to a foolish man, seeing thou knowest not the lips of knowledge" g, since thou dost not approve of wise and knowing men, whose lips would teach knowledge; and despisest the Gospel, and Gospel ministers the pope of Rome, as Cocceius on the text serves, and hear him, what his holiness and infallibility says; or some other false teacher.
f לכ מנגד לאיש כסיל "e regione viri stulti", De Dieu; so Gussetius, p. 495. and Schultens g "Abi ut stes cora in viro stolido", Cocceius.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:7. When 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.
