Proverbs 15:7 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

KJV

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ASV

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolishdoethnot so.

WEB

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

YLT

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.

DBT

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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31 verses on the floor

Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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He will draw nigh to those in a way of mercy who draw nigh to him in a way of duty: He hears the prayer of the righteous, accepts it, is well pleased with it, and will grant an answer of peace to it. It is the prayer of a righteous man that avails much, Jam. v. 16 . He is nigh to them, a present help, in all that they call upon him for.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(Compare Pr 10:20, 21). heart . . . not so--not right, or vain. The sacrifice [and] prayer--are acts of worship. way . . . followeth . . . righteousness--denote conduct.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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