14Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.


In Context

11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

14 Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

16 The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

Proverbs 10:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.