Proverbs 10:8
A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report: but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.
9He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.
Proverbs 12:1Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.
Proverbs 13:3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
Proverbs 14:23In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.
Proverbs 18:7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
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 →