Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
KJV
Sapiens corde præcepta suscipit ; stultus cæditur labiis.
Vulgate
σοφὸς καρδίᾳ δέξεται ἐντολάς, ὁ δὲ ἄστεγος χείλεσιν σκολιάζων ὑποσκελισθήσεται.
LXX
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
ASV
חֲכַם לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶ/אֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
ו
v
noun · 183×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 177×
יִלָּבֵֽט
ylbt
verb · 3×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. A great virtue is boldness and freedom of speech, and the making all things second in importance to the confessing of Christ; so great and admirable, that the Only-begotten Son of God proclaims such an one in the presence of the Father. Luke 12:8 Yet the recompense is more than just, for you confess upon earth, He in heaven, thou in the presence of men, He before the Father …
Cross-references
- 3John 1:10 — Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them th
- Eccl 10:12 — The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
- Jas 3:13 — 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.
- Matt 7:24 — 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:
- Matt 7:24 — 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:
- Prov 1:5 — A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Prov 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 — He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Prov 10:14 — Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Prov 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Prov 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Prov 18:6 — A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- Prov 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Ps 119:34 — Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.