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Proverbs 10:8

Proverbs 10:8 is verse 8 of Proverbs chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips 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.

Proverbs 10:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

Proverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

Proverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.