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Proverbs 14:33

Those who have good sense always think what is wise; foolish people do not know anything about being wise.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

In Context

32Wicked people ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good people are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right).

34When the people of a nation continually act righteously, it causes that nation to be great; continually doing what is evil causes a nation to be disgraced.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:16Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.

Proverbs 13:16Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show by what they say and do that they are foolish.

Proverbs 15:28Righteous/Good people think carefully before they answer what others ask them; wicked people very quickly say what is evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:3Even while foolish people walk along the road, they show that they do not have good sense; they show everyone that they are not wise.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:33

32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Here is, 1. The desperate condition of a wicked man when he goes out of the world: He is driven away in his wickedness. He cleaves so closely to the world that he cannot find in his heart to leave it, but is driven away out of it; his soul is required, is forced from him, And sin cleaves so closely to him that it is inseparable; it goes with him into another world; he is driven away in his wickedness, dies in his sins, under… Read the whole commentary →

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