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Proverbs 13:16

in Proverbs 13

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.

KJV

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

This verse in Proverbs 13

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Every prudent man acts with knowledge

on Proverbs 13:16-19

“Every prudent man acts with knowledge,” weighing what he says, while “a fool displays his folly” for anyone to see. The cluster closes on a near law of the soul: “Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools”.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Proverbs · Written before 735.

proposed

"The shrewd man does everything with counsel," etc. Where he teaches that everything should be done with counsel, he understands more the divine counsel, which is clothed with sacred words, than the human counsel. For he is foolish who lives outside this counsel, even if …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge,....

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עָ֭רוּםsensible [person]

    ʾarumH6175 →11 times

  • יַעֲשֶׂ֣הhe acts

    yaasehH6213 →2628 times

  • בְדָ֑עַתwith knowledge

    vedaatH1847 →92 times

  • וּ֝כְסִ֗ילand a fool

    ukhesilH3684 →70 times

  • יִפְרֹ֥שׂhe spreads out

    yifrosH6566 →67 times

  • אִוֶּֽלֶת׃foolishness

    ʾiveletH200 →25 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 5:17

    Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

    it leads to

    • Romans 12:2

      Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:18

      Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

    • Colossians 1:9

      For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…

    • Ephesians 5:15

      Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

    • Jeremiah 4:22

      “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 52:13

    Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:7–11

      but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

    • Matthew 28:18

      Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

  • Through

    Proverbs 15:2

    The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 12:23

      A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

Where this verse is studied

About Proverbs

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.