Proverbs 14:8
Sensible people use their wisdom to decide where they're going, but the foolishness of stupid people is treacherous.
Free Bible 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
7Stay away from stupid people—you won't learn anything from them.
9Stupid people laugh at sin, but good people want forgiveness.
Cross References
Psalms 111:10The beginning of wisdom is honoring the Lord. Those who follow what he says do well. He is to be praised forever!
Psalms 119:34Help me to understand so I can be totally committed to doing what you want.
Psalms 143:8Tell me every morning about your trustworthy love, because I put my confidence in you. Show me the way I should go, because I dedicate myself to you.
Proverbs 8:20I live in a way that's right; I follow the paths of justice.
Proverbs 12:5Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.
Ecclesiastes 2:16Nobody remembers the wise or the fool for very long—in the future everything will be forgotten. Whether wise or foolish, they both die.
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 →