Proverbs 18:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Topics

Caution Consistency Counsel Expediency Graces Ignorance Knowledge Opinion, Public

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15)

Note, 1. Those that are prudent will seek knowledge, and apply their ear and heart to the pursuit of it, their ear to attend to the means of knowledge and their heart to mix faith with what they hear and make a good improvement of it. Those that are prudent do not think they have prudence enough, but still see they have need of more; and the more prudent a man is the more inquisitive will he be af…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. (Compare Pr 1:5, 15, 31).