Proverbs 10:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ The wise of heart will heed commandments, but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.

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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

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Proverbs 10:10

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but one who rebukes boldly makes peace.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:8

It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

James 3:13

Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.