Proverbs 10:14
Wise men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
In Context
15The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Give to the wise [instruction], and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.
Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart will not find happiness; and he that hath a perverse tongue will fall into evil.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 19:8He that getteth intelligence loveth his own soul: he that guardeth understanding will find happiness.
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 →