Proverbs 10:14
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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 destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Read in contextProverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Read in contextProverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Read in contextProverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Read in contextMatthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Read in contextProverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Read in contextProverbs 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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