Verse 14

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
  • Prov 10:8 : 8 The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.
  • Prov 21:23 : 23 The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Matt 13:44 : 44 Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 Then he said to them,“Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
  • 2 Cor 4:6-7 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ. 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.