Verse 8
Proverbs 10:8
Noah Webster Bible
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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חֲכַם לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶ/אֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט
English Translation
A wise heart will take commandments, but a fool's lips will be in ruin.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son
is the heaviness of his...
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of t...
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth sha...
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Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.
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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is...
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14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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16
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that restraineth his lips is wise.
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20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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22
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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24
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
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25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more : but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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26
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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27
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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29
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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30
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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