Proverbs 10:14

In 11 translations

BSB

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

KJV

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

WEB

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

ASV

Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

LSV

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.

YLT

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.

DBY

The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

DRC

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.

GNV

Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

JPS

Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.

LXXE

The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Σοφοὶ κρύψουσιν αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ προπετοῦς ἐγγίζει συντριβῇ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 10:8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
• Proverbs 19:8He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
• Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6–7For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Now we have this treasure in jars of clay…
• Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
• Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
• Matthew 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
• Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
• Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

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