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Proverbs 16:22

WEB

22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

KJV

22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

BSB

22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

FBV

22If you have good sense it will be a fountain of life to you, but stupid people are punished by their stupidity.


Extra References

Proverbs 13:14

14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.


John 6:63

63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.


John 5:24

24Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.


Matthew 15:14

14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”


Proverbs 10:11

11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.


Proverbs 18:4

4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.


Proverbs 15:28

28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.


Proverbs 15:2

2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.


Proverbs 14:27

27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.


John 6:68

68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.