THEOSISProverbs 15:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת ופני וּפִ֥י כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
- Isa 30:10Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.
- Prov 18:15A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
- Prov 1:5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.
- Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness, daily searching the scriptures, whether these things were so.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of eternity, Amen.
- Ps 119 (118):100
- Isa 44:20Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.