22Understanding 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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Understandingשֵׂ֣כֶלH7922Noun - masculine singular constructis a fountainמְק֣וֹרH4726Noun - masculine singular constructof lifeחַ֭יִּיםH2416Noun - masculine pluralto its possessorבְּעָלָ֑יוH1167Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularbut the disciplineוּמוּסַ֖רH4148Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof foolsאֱוִלִ֣יםH191Noun - masculine pluralis follyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃H200Noun - feminine singular