Proverbs 10:14 · KJV
“Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.”
— Proverbs 10:14
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod {is} for the back of him that is void of understanding. {of understanding: Heb. of heart}
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city: the destruction of the poor {is} their poverty.
Proverbs 10 — Context
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod {is} for the back of him that is void of understanding. {of understanding: Heb. of heart}
14Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.
15The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city: the destruction of the poor {is} their poverty.
16The labour of the righteous {tendeth} to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth {is} his destruction, and his lips {are} the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Proverbs 9:9
Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Matthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe {which is} instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure {things} new and old.
2 Corinthians 4:6-7
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to {give} the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. {hath: Gr. is he who hath}