Proverbs 10:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
In context
12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Proverbs 10:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- KJV King James Version
- Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- WEB World English Bible
- Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.