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Proverbs 10:14
14Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool is near 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
12Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions. 13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense. Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool is near ruin. 15The wealth of a rich man is a strong city. Poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The wages of the righteous are life. The income of the wicked 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 1:5(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 18:1One who isolates oneself seeks his own desire; he defies all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 19:8One who gets wisdom loves his own soul. One who treasures understanding prospers.
- Matthew 12:35The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.
- Matthew 13:44“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. And because of his joy, he goes out and sells all that he has and buys that field.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Messiah.
- Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accept commands, but a babbling fool comes to ruin.
- Proverbs 13:3He who watches his mouth protects his life, but whoever opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 21:23Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul out of troubles.
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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