Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 19:8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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 →