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Proverbs 10:14

American Standard Version

Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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Proverbs 10:14 in other translations

Wise men lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:14 · World English Bible

Proverbs 10:14 in context

  1. 12Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
  2. 13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
  3. 14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
  4. 15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  5. 16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.