Proverbs 10:8
חֲכַם ־ לֵב יִקַּח מִצְוֺת וֶאֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵֽט ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה וְשֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָֽב ׃
9הוֹלֵךְ בַּתֹּם יֵלֶךְ בֶּטַח וּמְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו יִוָּדֵֽעַ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:34הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָה תֽוֹרָתֶךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶנָּה בְכָל ־ לֵֽב ׃
Proverbs 9:9תֵּן לְחָכָם וְיֶחְכַּם ־ עוֹד הוֹדַע לְצַדִּיק וְיוֹסֶף לֶֽקַח ׃ פ
Proverbs 12:1אֹהֵב מוּסָר אֹהֵֽב דָּעַת וְשֹׂנֵא תוֹכַחַת בָּֽעַר ׃
Proverbs 13:3נֹצֵר פִּיו שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו מְחִתָּה ־ לֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 14:23בְּכָל ־ עֶצֶב יִהְיֶה מוֹתָר וּדְבַר ־ שְׂפָתַיִם אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
Proverbs 18:7פִּֽי ־ כְסִיל מְחִתָּה ־ לוֹ וּשְׂפָתָיו מוֹקֵשׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
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 →