Proverbs 10:14
Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.
Proverbs 10:10Those who signal with their eyes that they are about to do something that is wrong cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
Proverbs 17:20Those who ◄have perverse minds/are always thinking about doing evil things► will not prosper, and disasters will happen to those who always tell lies.
Proverbs 18:7What foolish people [MTY] say causes them to be ruined; their own words are like a trap [MET] that catches/seizes them.
Proverbs 19:8Those who become wise [IDM] are doing a favor for themselves; those who get good sense will prosper.
Matthew 12:35Good people speak good things. That is like taking good things out of buildings where they are stored. But evil people speak evil things. That is like taking evil things out of buildings where they are stored.
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 →