Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a well-spring
- Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 18:4; John 5:24; John 6:63, 68
- the instruction
- Proverbs 15:2, 28; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16–26; Luke 6:39, 40