Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
A well-spring
The instruction
General references
Bible References
A well-spring
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life and shall not come into judgment but has passed from death unto life.
John 6:63
The Spirit is he that gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.
The instruction
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
Matthew 23:16
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Luke 6:39
And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the pit?
General references
Proverbs 11:14
When intelligence is lacking, the people shall fall, but in the multitude of counsellors there is salvation.