Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

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WEBBE

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

BSB

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

KJV

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

ASV

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

BBE

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 7

We use knowledge aright when we disperse it; but the heart of the foolish has nothing to disperse that is good.

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