Proverbs 10:14
Wise men hide knowing (or The wise store up knowledge); but the mouth of a fool is next to confusion.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 9:9Give thou occasion to a wise man; and wisdom shall be increased to him. Teach thou a just man; and he shall hasten to take it (to heart). (Give thou advice, or instruction, to a wise person; and his wisdom shall be increased. Teach thou a righteous person; and he shall hasten to take it to heart.)
Proverbs 10:10He that beckoneth with the eye, shall give sorrow; a fool shall be beaten with (his own) lips.
Proverbs 17:20He that is of wayward heart, shall not find good; and he that (mis-)turneth the tongue, shall fall into evil.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool is [the] defouling of him; and his lips be the falling of his soul.
Proverbs 19:8but he that holdeth stably the mind, loveth his soul, and the keeper of prudence shall find goods. (but he who keepeth his mind stable, loveth, or helpeth, his own life, and the keeper of understanding, or of discernment, shall obtain good things.)
Matthew 12:35A good man bringeth forth good things of good treasure, and an evil man bringeth forth evil things of evil treasure.
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 →