Proverbs 10:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.”
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“A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 10:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
- 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 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 18:7A 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.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- 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.
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