Proverbs 10:8

Conservative English Version

If you have good sense, you will listen and obey; if all you do is talk, you will destroy yourself.

Cross References

Psalm 119:34

Help me to understand your Law; I promise to obey it with all my heart.

Proverbs 1:5

If you are already wise, you will become even wiser. And if you are smart, you will learn to understand

Proverbs 10:10

Deceit causes trouble, and foolish talk will bring you to ruin.

Proverbs 10:14

If you have good sense, you will learn all you can, but foolish talk will soon destroy you.

Proverbs 12:1

To accept correction is wise, to reject it is stupid.

Proverbs 12:13

We trap ourselves by telling lies, but we stay out of trouble by living right.

Proverbs 13:3

Keep what you know to yourself, and you will be safe; talk too much, and you are done for.

Proverbs 14:23

Hard work is worthwhile, but empty talk will make you poor.

Proverbs 14:8

Wise people have enough sense to find their way, but stupid fools get lost.

Proverbs 9:8

Any bragger you correct will only hate you. But if you correct someone who has common sense, you will be loved.

Proverbs 9:9

If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

If you talk sensibly, you will have friends; if you talk foolishly, you will destroy yourself.

James 3:13

Are any of you wise or sensible? Then show it by living right and by being humble and wise in everything you do.