Proverbs 10:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 13:3

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

Proverbs 10:10

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

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.

Matthew 13:52

So he told them, “Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom.”

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. A person like that is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.

Matthew 12:35

Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts.

Proverbs 21:23

Watching what you say can save you a lot of trouble.

Proverbs 19:8

Do yourself a favour by having good sense— you will be glad you did.

Proverbs 18:15

Everyone with good sense wants to learn.

Proverbs 18:1

It's selfish and stupid to think only of yourself and to sneer at people who have sense.

Proverbs 1:5

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

Proverbs 12:23

Be sensible and don't tell everything you know— only fools spread foolishness everywhere.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

Proverbs 17:20

Dishonesty does you no good, and telling lies will get you in trouble.