Proverbs 10:14

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his life.

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 13:3

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

Proverbs 10:10

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

Proverbs 9:9

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

Matthew 13:52

And He said to them, “Therefore every scholar of Scripture taught in the reign of the heavens is like a householder who brings out of his treasure matters, renewed, and old.”

Matthew 13:44

“Again, the reign of the heavens is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man having found it, hid, and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 12:35

“The good man brings forth what is good from the good treasures of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked from the wicked treasure.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Guards his life from distresses.

Proverbs 19:8

He who gets heart loves his own life; He who guards understanding finds good.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the understanding one gets knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 18:1

The separatist seeks his own desire; He breaks out against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 1:5

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

Proverbs 12:23

A clever man is concealing knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.