Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Folly of
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
Despisement » Who despises their neighbor
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
Silence » Value of » General references to
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
but the one who controls his lips is wise.
Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
Verse Concepts
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.
discerning when he seals his lips.
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Speech/communication » Who holds their tongue
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
and one who keeps a cool head
is a man of understanding.
Understanding » Those that understand
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
and who acquires understanding,
one who safeguards understanding finds success.
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
but the discipline of fools is folly.
and declared: May the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.
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Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard? At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand. Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out: read more.
"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind. Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish. Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse. All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind. Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish. Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse. All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
but a fool’s eyes
Wisdom » Those that lack wisdom
but a man with understanding keeps silent.
but a man with understanding walks a straight path.