God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 10:14
14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a stubborn fool invites ruin.
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
12Hate starts quarrels, but love covers every wrong. 13Wisdom is found on the lips of a person who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of one without sense. Those who are wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a stubborn fool invites ruin. 15The rich person’s wealth is ⌞his⌟ strong city. Poverty ruins the poor. 16A righteous person’s reward is life. A wicked person’s harvest is sin.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:14 word by word
חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:14
- Proverbs 1:5a wise person will listen and continue to learn, and an understanding person will gain direction—
- Proverbs 9:9Give ⌞advice⌟ to a wise person, and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will learn more.
- Proverbs 18:1A loner is out to get what he wants for himself. He opposes all sound reasoning.
- Proverbs 19:8A person who gains sense loves himself. One who guards understanding finds something good.
- Matthew 12:35Good people do the good things that are in them. But evil people do the evil things that are in them.
- Matthew 13:44“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field. When a man discovered it, he buried it again. He was so delighted with it that he went away, sold everything he had, and bought that field.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6We are his servants because the same God who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light. For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God’s glory which shines from Christ’s face.
- Proverbs 10:8The one who is truly wise accepts commands, but the one who talks foolishly will be thrown down headfirst.
- Proverbs 13:3Whoever controls his mouth protects his own life. Whoever has a big mouth comes to ruin.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin. His lips are a trap to his soul.
- Proverbs 21:23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
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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