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Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

KJV

Fons vitæ eruditio possidentis ; doctrina stultorum fatuitas.

Vulgate

πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

LXX

Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools istheirfolly.

ASV

מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑י/ו וּ/מוּסַ֖ר אֱוִלִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
אִוֶּֽלֶת
'vlt
noun · 25×
ו
v
noun · 83×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
מְק֣וֹר
mqvr
noun · 17×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
שֵׂ֣כֶל
shkl
noun · 16×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 30:8 — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
  • John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  • John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
  • John 6:68 — Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
  • Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Matt 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  • Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Prov 12:16 — A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
  • Prov 13:14 — The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 14:27 — The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 15:2 — The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  • Prov 15:28 — The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
  • Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
  • Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.