let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –
Proverbs 10:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. American Standard Version (1901) Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. Common English Bible The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings on ruin. Catholic Public Domain Version The wise store away knowledge. But the mouth of the foolish is a neighbor to confusion. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. |
let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –
A sly wink of the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will be destroyed.
A shrewd person conceals knowledge, but a foolish heart publicises stupidity.
The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.
One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound wisdom.
The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it.
A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
The one who acquires good sense loves himself; one who safeguards understanding finds success.
The one who guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
The words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
A good person produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil person produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.
‘Therefore,’ he said to them, ‘every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.’