Proverbs 10:8
The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
9He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
Proverbs 12:1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.
Proverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.
Proverbs 14:23In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of 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 →