Proverbs 10:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

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

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

    13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

    10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3 Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 28:26
    76%

    26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 14:15-16
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    15 The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

    16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

    5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 18:2
    75%

    2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

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

  • Prov 17:10
    74%

    10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

    15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 10:21
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    21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

  • Eccl 9:17
    74%

    17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Prov 10:17-18
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    74%

    17 He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 17:28
    74%

    28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 12:8
    73%

    8 A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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