Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
*†Folly is ioy to him that is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. voyd of heart.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 10.23.
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Proverbs 15:21
Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.
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Lacking what is needed; deprived, forsaken, or without help.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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understanding
1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.
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Honestly and righteously, with strict moral rectitude.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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15:20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
15:20*A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
15:21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
15:21*†Folly is ioy to him that is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.
Selected passage15:22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.
15:22†Without counsell, purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellours they are established.