Verse 8

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; 25 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.
• Jas 3:13 : 13 Who `is' wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
• Prov 12:13 : 13 In transgression of the lips `is' the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
• Prov 13:3 : 3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.
• Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.
• Prov 18:6-7 : 6 The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. 7 The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
• Prov 10:10 : 10 Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
• Eccl 10:12 : 12 Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.