Proverbs 10:8
Those who think wisely pay attention to instruction, but a stupid chatterbox ends up in disaster.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The good are remembered as a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
9Honest people will live in safety, but those who behave deceitfully will be caught out.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Help me to understand so I can be totally committed to doing what you want.
Proverbs 9:9Educate the wise and they'll become even wiser; teach those who live right and they will increase their learning.
Proverbs 12:1If you love knowledge, you will love discipline. Anyone who hates being corrected is stupid!
Proverbs 13:3Watch what you say and save your life—saying too much leads to disaster.
Proverbs 14:23There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
Proverbs 18:7Stupid people are caught out by what they say; their own words trap them.
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 →