Proverbs 15:14

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Cross References (12)

  • Proverbs 9:9 (7)

    Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

  • Proverbs 18:15 (6)

    The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

  • Isaiah 30:10 (6)

    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasan

  • Acts 17:11 (4)

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and ex

  • 2 Peter 3:18 (4)

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of

  • Proverbs 1:5 (3)

    let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

  • Psalms 119:100 (2)

    I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

  • 1 Kings 3:6–12 (2)

    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in

  • Isaiah 44:20 (2)

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my

  • Psalms 119:97 (2)

    Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

  • Hosea 12:1 (2)

    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant w

  • Proverbs 12:23 (1)

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