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Proverbs 10:14
14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.
Context of Proverbs 10:14
12Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. 13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense. The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. 15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
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חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:14
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
- Proverbs 18:1An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
- Proverbs 19:8The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
- Matthew 12:35A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
- Matthew 13:44“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy 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 God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
- Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
- Proverbs 13:3Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 18:7The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
- Proverbs 21:23Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
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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