Proverbs 10:8 · KJV
“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 10:8
The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 10 — Context
Blessings {are} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Cross References
Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
James 3:13
Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.
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.
Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.
Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
Proverbs 1:5
A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: