Proverbs 10:8

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

The wise {H2450} in heart {H3820} will receive {H3947} commandments {H4687}: but a prating {H8193} fool {H191} shall fall {H3832}.

Wise-hearted people take orders, but a babbling fool will have trouble.

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

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

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 7:24 (7 votes)

    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

  • Matthew 7:25 (7 votes)

    And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

  • Proverbs 12:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

  • Proverbs 18:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Proverbs 18:7 (3 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 9:9 (3 votes)

    Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

  • Proverbs 1:5 (3 votes)

    A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: