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Proverbios 14:8

La sabiduría del prudente está en entender su camino, mas la necedad de los necios es engaño.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Falsehood;   False Teachers;   Fool;   Hypocrisy;   Prudence;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Folly;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Deception;   Folly;   Foolishness;   Prudence;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Fools;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fool;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia Reina-Valera
La ciencia del cuerdo es entender su camino: Mas la indiscreci�n de los necios es enga�o.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
La sabidur�a del prudente est� en entender su camino; mas la indiscreci�n de los necios es enga�o.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
La sabidur�a del cuerdo es entender su camino; mas la locura de los locos es enga�o.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisdom: Proverbs 2:9, Proverbs 8:20, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 119:5, Psalms 119:34, Psalms 119:35, Psalms 119:73, Psalms 143:8, Ephesians 5:17, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, James 3:13

folly: Proverbs 11:18, Jeremiah 13:20, *marg. Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, Ephesians 4:22, 2 Timothy 3:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:6 - this is your 1 Kings 3:9 - to judge 1 Chronicles 12:32 - to know 1 Chronicles 22:12 - that thou mayest 2 Chronicles 1:11 - that thou mayest Psalms 119:125 - that I Proverbs 2:7 - layeth Proverbs 10:8 - wise Proverbs 14:15 - the prudent Proverbs 20:24 - how Proverbs 26:24 - deceit Ecclesiastes 2:14 - wise Ecclesiastes 10:2 - wise Matthew 7:24 - a wise Acts 13:7 - a prudent 1 Corinthians 6:5 - Is it Ephesians 5:15 - not Colossians 3:16 - all

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way,.... The way of his calling, in which he should abide, and how to manage it in the best manner; the way of his duty, that he may walk inoffensively both towards God and men; and the way of life and salvation, which is by Jesus Christ, which to understand and to walk in is the highest wisdom and prudence;

but the folly of fools [is] deceit: or "the wisdom of fools", which the opposition requires, and is meant, and is what the Holy Ghost calls "folly", as elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 3:19; this is itself "deceit"; it is science, falsely so called; it lies in tricking and deceiving; and the issue of it is, not only the deceiving of others, but themselves also: such is the folly of the man of sin and followers, which lies in deceiving the inhabitants of the earth with their sorceries and superstitions, with their lying wonders and miracles; see 2 Thessalonians 2:10

Revelation 13:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew counterpart to the Greek “Know thyself.” “The highest wisdom is for a person to understand his own way. The most extreme folly is self-deceit.” The word “deceit” may, however, involve fraud practiced upon others. The folly of fools shows itself then in their ceaseless effort to deceive.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 14:8. Is to understand his way — Instead of הבין habin, to understand, הכין hachin, to DIRECT his way, is found in one MS. It makes a very good sense.


 
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