Proverbs 10:14
12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- KJV
- Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- WEB
- Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
- ASV
- Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
- DARBY
- The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
- BLB
- The wise treasure knowledge, and the mouth of the fool [is] near destruction.
- ÅB
- De vise gjemmer på kunnskap, men dårens munn truer med ødeleggelse.
- OTB
- De vise samler kunnskap, men en dåres ord innbyr til fall.
- B1930
- De vise gjemmer på kunnskap, men dårens munn truer med ødeleggelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Read in contextProverbs 10:8
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Read in contextProverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Read in contextProverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Read in contextMatthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Read in contextProverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Read in contextProverbs 19:8
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
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