Verse 8

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

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reoof is brutish.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 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: 25 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.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labour there is ofit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 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 thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
  • 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 10:10 : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a ating 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 up himself.