Verse 8

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:1 : 1 The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.
• Jas 3:13 : 13 True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.
• Prov 12:13 : 13 The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
• Prov 13:3 : 3 The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
• Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
• Prov 18:6-7 : 6 The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. 7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
• 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 10:10 : 10 The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
• Eccl 10:12 : 12 Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.