Proverbs 10:8

World English Bible (2000)

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

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

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

    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 blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

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

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Don't 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 acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • 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 the fool walks by the way, his understanding 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 commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

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

  • Prov 28:26
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    26 One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

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

  • Prov 14:15-16
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    15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

    16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with 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 mirth.

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

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't 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. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

  • Prov 17:10
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    10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

    15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

  • Prov 10:17-18
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    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

  • Prov 12:8
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    8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.