Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
World English Bible British
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 destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 10:10One who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 17:20One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 19:8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
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 →