Proverbs 10:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ The wise in heart accepts commands, But one with foolish lips falls.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments: But a prating fool shall fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The wise in heart will accept and obey commandments, but the foolish of lips will fall headlong.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

Common English Bible

⁸ The skilled mind accepts commands, but a foolish talker is ruined.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The wise of heart accept precepts. The foolish are cut down by the lips.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

Proverbs 10:8 Cross References

Psalm 119:34

Make me understand, that I might observe Your Torah, And guard it with all my heart.

Proverbs 1:5

The wise one hears and increases learning, And the understanding one gets wise counsel,

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, And one with foolish lips falls.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise treasure up knowledge, But the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare, But the righteous gets out of distress.

Proverbs 13:3

He who watches over his mouth guards his being, But he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labour there is profit, But talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the clever is to understand His way, But the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you; Reprove a wise one, and he loves you.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise one, and he is wiser still; Teach a righteous one, and he increases in learning.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words of a wise man’s mouth show favour, but the lips of a fool swallow him up;

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom.