Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Holman Bible
but foolish lips will be destroyed.
International Standard Version
The wise person accepts commands, but the chattering fool will be brought down.
A Conservative Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.
American Standard Version
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
Amplified
The wise in heart [are willing to learn so they] will accept and obey commands (instruction),
But the babbling fool [who is arrogant and thinks himself wise] will come to ruin.
Bible in Basic English
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Darby Translation
The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
Julia Smith Translation
The wise of heart will receive commands: and the foolish of lips shall fall.
King James 2000
The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Modern King James verseion
The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.
NET Bible
The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
New Heart English Bible
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
The Emphasized Bible
The wise in heart, will accept commandments, but, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust away.
Webster
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
World English Bible
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
Themes
Fools » Destroy themselves by their speech
character of the renewed Heart » Wise
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
7 The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. 8 A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. 9 Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:1
He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke [is] stupid.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with [my] whole heart.
Proverbs 1:5
may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,
Proverbs 9:9
Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 10:10
The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 12:13
By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:23
In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.
Proverbs 18:6-7
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.
Matthew 7:24-25
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
James 3:13
Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.