Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible











Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.









Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?



The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.


The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.






and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.




A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.









Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.