Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
In Context
15The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 10:10He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 17:20He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 19:8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:14
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. Observe, 1. Wisdom and grace are the honour of good men: He that has understanding, that good understanding which those have that do the commandments, wisdom is found in his lips, that is, it is discovered to be there, and consequently that he has within a good treasure of it, and it is derived thence for the benefit of others. It is a man's honour to have wisdom, but much more to be… Read the whole commentary →