Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Folly of
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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Despisement » Who despises their neighbor
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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Silence » Value of » General references to
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
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Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.
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{O that} you would keep completely silent, and [that] it would become wisdom for you.
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I was mute [with] silence. I was silent [even] from [saying] good [things], and my pain was stirred up.
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Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.
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Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.
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Speech/communication » Who holds their tongue
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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A fool gives all his breath, but [the] wise holds back in quiet.
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Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but [to] the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.
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Understanding » Those that understand
On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.
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He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Happy [is] {the one} who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.
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He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.
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A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.
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The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.
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A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner, but the instruction of fools is folly.
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Daniel {said}: "Let his name, [the name] of God, be blessed {throughout the ages}, for the wisdom and the power {are his}. And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.
By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.
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Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice? {Atop the heights} beside the road, at the crossroads she stands. Beside gates, before towns, [at the] entrance of doors, she cries out: read more.
"To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind. Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}. Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips. My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked. All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.
"To you, O {people}, I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind. Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}. Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips. My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips. All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked. All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.
He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.
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Wisdom » Those that lack wisdom
He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
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Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.
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