Proverbs 10:14
The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
Darby Translation
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 9:9Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 17:20He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 19:8He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked 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 →