Proverbs 10:14
“Wise men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is neere destruction.”
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Proverbs 10:14 Context
12Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth all sinnes. 13In the lips of him that hath vnderstanding, wisedome is found: but a rod is for the backe of him that is voyd of vnderstanding. 14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is neere destruction. 15The rich mans wealth is his strong citie: the destruction of the poore is their pouertie. 16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.
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Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
- King James Version
Wise men store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
- New American Standard Version (1995)