Proverbs 10 · Verse 14

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:14, King James Version

Proverbs 10:14 in other translations

BSBThe wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
WEBWise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
ASVWise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
YLTThe wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
DARBYThe wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
BBEKnowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.
WebsterWise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

What does Proverbs 10:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. lay up knowledge--that is, as treasures for good use. mouth ... destruction--or, "as to the mouth," &c., destruction is near; they expose themselves to evil by prating.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Wise men lay up knowledge - They keep secret every thing that has a tendency to disturb domestic or public peace; but the foolish man blabs all out, and produces much mischief. Think much, speak little, and always think before you speak. This will promote your own peace and that of your neighbor.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Whatever knowledge may be useful, we must lay it up, that it may not be to seek when we want it. The wise gain this wisdom by reading, by hearing the word, by meditation, by prayer, by faith in Christ, who is made of God unto us wisdom.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 10:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֲכָמִ֥יםcha.kha.Mimwise [people]H2450
יִצְפְּנוּ\־yitz.pe.nu-they store upH6845
דָ֑עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847
וּפִֽי\־u.fi-and [the] mouth ofH6310
אֱ֝וִיל'E.vila foolH191
מְחִתָּ֥הme.chi.Tah[is] destructionH4288
קְרֹבָֽה\׃ke.ro.VahnearH7138

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:14

  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Proverbs 10:8

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

  • Proverbs 13:3

    He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Proverbs 9:9

    Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Proverbs 10:10

    He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Matthew 13:44

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

  • Proverbs 1:5

    A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Proverbs 19:8

    He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Proverbs 18:1

    Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

  • Proverbs 21:23

    Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6-7

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • Matthew 13:52

    Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lay.
1:5; 9:9; 18:1,15; 19:8; Mt 12:35; 13:44,52; 2Co 4:6,7
the mouth.
8,10; 13:3; 18:7; 21:23

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Context

  • Proverbs 10:13

    In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Proverbs 10:14

    Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Proverbs 10:15

    The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Proverbs 10:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los sabios guardan la sabiduría: mas la boca del loco es calamidad cercana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les sages tiennent en réserve la connaissance, mais la ruine est près de la bouche du fou.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Weisen bewahren Erkenntnis auf, aber der Mund des Narren ist drohender Unglücksfall.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sapientes abscondunt scientiam; os autem stulti confusioni proximum est.