Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
In Context
7Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.
9The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.
Cross References
Psalms 111:10The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.
Psalms 143:8Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:8
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. See here, 1. How we may discern a fool and discover him, a wicked man, for he is a foolish man. If we perceive not in him the lips of knowledge, if we find there is no relish or savour of piety in his discourse, that his communication is all corrupt and corrupting, and nothing in it good and to the use of edifying, we may conclude the treasure is bad. 2. How we must decline such a one and depart from him: Go from his… Read the whole commentary →