Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
In Context
7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Proverbs 9:9Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
Proverbs 12:1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
Proverbs 13:3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!
Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of 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 →