Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.
9He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Proverbs 9:9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 12:1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.
Proverbs 13:3Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
Proverbs 18:7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
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 →