Proverbs 10:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲכָמִ֥ים יִצְפְּנוּ־דָ֑עַת וּפִֽי־אֱ֝וִיל מְחִתָּ֥ה קְרֹבָֽה׃

Transliteration

ḥăkāmîm yiṣpənû-dāʿat û-pî-ʾĕwîl məḥittāh qərōbāh

Grammar Details

• *ḥăkāmîm*: masculine plural adjective - wise ones
• *yiṣpənû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - treasure up/store
• *dāʿat*: feminine singular noun - knowledge
• *û-pî*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and mouth of
• *ʾĕwîl*: masculine singular adjective - foolish
• *məḥittāh*: feminine singular noun - ruin/destruction
• *qərōbāh*: adjective feminine singular - near/at hand

Word Meanings

• *ḥăkāmîm*: wise ones/sages/skilled persons
• *yiṣpənû*: treasure up/store/hide/reserve
• *dāʿat*: knowledge/insight/understanding
• *pî*: mouth/speech/command
• *ʾĕwîl*: foolish/silly/senseless
• *məḥittāh*: ruin/destruction/terror
• *qərōbāh*: near/at hand/imminent

Referenced Verses

• Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
• Prov 10:8 : 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
• Prov 10:10 : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
• Prov 13:3 : 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
• Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
• Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
• Prov 19:8 : 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
• Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
• Matt 12:35 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matt 13:44 : 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
• Matt 13:52 : 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
• 2 Cor 4:6-7 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.