Pro 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
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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:
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.
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.
Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.
The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
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:
Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.
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 that would, and casteth {them} out of the church.
A fool's mouth {is} his destruction, and his lips {are} the snare of his soul.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.