Proverbs 10:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings on ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ The wise store away knowledge. But the mouth of the foolish is a neighbor to confusion.

Proverbs 10:14 Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth 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.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Matthew 13:52

And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 19:8

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 18:1

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 1:5

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.