Proverbs 10:8

In 11 translations

BSB

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

KJV

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.a prating…: Heb. a fool of lipsfall: Heb. be beaten

WEB

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

ASV

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

LSV

The wise in heart accepts commands, || And a talkative fool kicks.

YLT

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

DBY

The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

DRC

The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

GNV

The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

JPS

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

LXXE

A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃

LXX-Br

Σοφὸς καρδίᾳ δέξεται ἐντολὰς, ὁ δὲ ἄστεγος χείλες σκολιάζων ὑποσκελισθήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not…
• James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
• Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Proverbs 18:6–7A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
• Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
• Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

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