Proverbs 10:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.”
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“The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> near ruin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 10:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 10:8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and 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 17:20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
- Proverbs 19:8He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
- Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For 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.
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