Proverbs 14:7
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
BSB
ASV
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
KJV
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
When thou perceivest not - the lips of knowledge - Instead of דעת daath, knowledge, several MSS. have שקר sheker, a lie. How this reading came I cannot conjecture. The meaning of the adage is plain: Never associate with a vain, empty fellow, when thou perceivest he can neither convey nor receive instruction.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
leads to
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Through
Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
leads to
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Through
1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler.…
leads to
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.