Proverbs 7:7 Cross References - BBE

⁷ I saw among the young men one without sense,

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

¹³⁰ The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

⁴ To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

²² How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

³² For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

³² He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

⁵ Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

⁴ Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

¹⁶ Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

¹³ In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

¹¹ He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

¹⁵ The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

¹⁸ Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

² Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

²⁵ When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

³ The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

³⁰ I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

¹² The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

²² For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

¹⁶ And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

¹⁸ For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked. ¹⁹ For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.