8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating
8 The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
8 A wise heart takes orders; an empty head will come unglued.
8 The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.
8 The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.
14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
14 The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
14 The wise accumulate knowledge - a true treasure; know-it-alls talk too much - a sheer waste. The Road to Life Is a Disciplined Life
14 Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
14 Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.
(Read Proverbs 10:14)
Whatever knowledge may be useful, we must lay it up, that it may not be to seek when we want it. The wise gain this wisdom by reading, by hearing the word, by meditation, by prayer, by faith in Christ, who is made of God unto us wisdom.
21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
21 The talk of a good person is rich fare for many, but chatterboxes die of an empty heart. Fear-of-God Expands Your Life
21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.
21 The words of the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.
(Read Proverbs 10:20-21)
The tongue of the just is sincere, freed from the dross of guile and evil design. Pious discourse is spiritual food to the needy. Fools die for want of a heart, so the word is; for want of thought.
32 The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
32 The speech of a good person clears the air; the words of the wicked pollute it.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
32 The lips of the godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words.
(Read Proverbs 10:31-32)
A good man discourses wisely for the benefit of others. But it is the sin, and will be the ruin of a wicked man, that he speaks what is displeasing to God, and provoking to those he converses with. The righteous is kept by the power of God; and nothing shall be able to separate him from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:8
Commentary on Proverbs 10:8
(Read Proverbs 10:8)
The wise in heart puts his knowledge in practice.