the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 10:8
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The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
The wise do what they are told, but a talkative fool will be ruined.
The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise in heart accept commandments, But a chattering fool will fall.
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.
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
A wijs man schal resseyue comaundementis with herte; a fool is betun with lippis.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
If you have good sense, you will listen and obey; if all you do is talk, you will destroy yourself.
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Wise-hearted people take orders, but a babbling fool will have trouble.
The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise accept instruction, but fools argue and bring trouble on themselves.
The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.
The wise in heart will receive teaching, but a fast talking fool will become nothing.
The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.
The wise in heart will receive commandments; but one whose lips are full of folly shall be caught.
Sensible people accept good advice. People who talk foolishly will come to ruin.
The wise in heart, will accept commandments, but, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust away.
The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.
A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.
A wise heart accepts commands,but foolish lips will be destroyed.
The wise in heart accept mitzvot, But a chattering fool will fall.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
The wise in heart accepts commands, but the foolish of lips shall be thrust away.
The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.
A wise heart takes orders; an empty head will come unglued.
The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will come to ruin.
The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will be ruined.
The wise of heart will receive commandments,But an ignorant fool of loose lips will be ruined.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wise: Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 14:8, Psalms 119:34, James 3:13
but: Proverbs 10:10, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 14:23
prating fool: Heb. a fool of lips, Ecclesiastes 10:12
fall: or, be beaten, Proverbs 18:6, Proverbs 18:7
Reciprocal: Proverbs 10:14 - the mouth Proverbs 16:21 - wise Matthew 7:24 - a wise 3 John 1:10 - prating
Cross-References
They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The wise in heart will receive commandments,.... Such who have true wisdom in the hidden part of the heart, of which the fear of the Lord is the beginning: these will not only, as good subjects, honour their king, and attend to his lawful commands; and, as dutiful children, regard those of their parents; and, as faithful servants, hearken to those of their masters; but, as such that fear the Lord, will receive and cheerfully obey the commandments of God and Christ;
but a prating fool shall fall; like Diotrephes, that prated against the Apostle John and other saints. Or, "a fool of lips" b; whose folly is proclaimed and made known by his lips; who, out of the abundance of it in his heart, speaks and pours it out by his lips: such an one falls into sin and into mischief; he falls into disgrace in this world, and into hell in the next. The Targum is,
"the fool by his lips shall be taken;''
as in a snare.
b אויל שפתים "stultus labiis", Montanus, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A prating ... fall - Better, as in the margin. Inward self-contained wisdom is contrasted with self-exposed folly.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 10:8. A prating fool shall fall. — This clause is repeated in the tenth verse. The wise man will receive the commandment: but the shallow blabbing fool shall be cast down. See Proverbs 10:10.
