16Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.


In Context

13 Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

15 Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

16 Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

17 A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

18 Whoso is refusing instruction — poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Proverbs 13:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open his folly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge: but a fool spreadeth out folly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.