Proverbs 10:8
He who is wise in heart receiveth precepts; But the foolish talker falleth headlong.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
9He that walketh uprightly walketh securely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be punished.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Proverbs 12:1He who loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he who hateth rebuke remaineth stupid.
Proverbs 13:3He who keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; But destruction shall be to him who openeth wide his lips.
Proverbs 14:23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare for his life.
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 →