“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
Proverbs 10:14 (KJV) |
Proverbs 10:14
From Proverbs 10, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.