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Proverbs 14:7
Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:7 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 14:7 in other translations
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
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In context
4 Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
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