Proverbs 14:7

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

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WEBBE

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

BSB

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

KJV

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

ASV

Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

BBE

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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לֵךְ lekh go H1980 מִנֶּגֶד mi·ne·ged from before H5048 לְאִישׁ le·'ish to a person H376 כְּסִיל ke·sil a fool H3684 וּבַל־ u·val- and not H1077 יָדַעְתָּ ya·da'·ta you have known H3045 שִׂפְתֵי־ sif·tei- lips of H8193 דָעַת da·'at knowledge H1847

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.