22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:22
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 22
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Understanding שֵׂ֣כֶל H7922 Noun - masculine singular construct is a fountain מְק֣וֹר H4726 Noun - masculine singular construct of life חַ֭יִּים H2416 Noun - masculine plural to its possessor בְּעָלָ֑יו H1167 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular but the discipline וּמוּסַ֖ר H4148 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of fools אֱוִלִ֣ים H191 Noun - masculine plural is folly אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ H200 Noun - feminine singular