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)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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

    8The 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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    13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom 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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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

    13The 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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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The 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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    11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

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

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

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

    3Yes 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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    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    5It 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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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly 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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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

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

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He 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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    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

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

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

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

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

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The 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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    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Even 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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    31The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

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

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

  • Prov 12:8
    73%

    8A 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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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.