Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart, will accept commandments, but, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust away.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 12:1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.
Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.
Proverbs 14:23By all labour, there will be abundance, but, the talk of the lips, tendeth only to want.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
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 →