Proverbs 10:8
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
Proverbs 9:9Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
Proverbs 12:1A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Proverbs 13:3He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
Proverbs 14:23In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:8
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Both the just and the wicked, when their days are fulfilled, must die. Between their bodies in the grave thee is no visible difference; between the souls of the one and the other, in the world of spirits, thee is a vast difference, and so there is, or ought to be, between their memories, which survive them. I. Good men are and ought to be well spoken of when they are gone; it is one of the blessings that comes upon the head of the just,… Read the whole commentary →