Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 10:14
14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Proverbs 10:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- New International Version (NIV)The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Context of Proverbs 10:14
12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. 13Wisdom 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. 15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:14 word by word
חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:14
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 19:8He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
- Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
- Matthew 13:44The 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.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Proverbs 10:8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Wise men lay up knowledge - They keep secret every thing that has a tendency to disturb domestic or public peace; but the foolish man blabs all out, and produces much mischief. Think much, speak little, and always think before you speak. This will promote your own peace and that of your neighbor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Lay up - The point of the maxim is that the wise man reserves what he has to say for the right time, place, and persons (compare Matthew 7:6), as contrasted with the foolish, ever giving immediate utterance to what destroys himself and others.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 Whatever knowledge may be useful, we must lay it up, that it may not be to seek when we want it. The wise gain this wisdom by reading, by hearing the word, by meditation, by prayer, by faith in Christ, who is made of God unto us wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. lay up knowledge--that is, as treasures for good use. mouth ... destruction--or, "as to the mouth," &c., destruction is near; they expose themselves to evil by prating.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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