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


In Context

11 A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

12 Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

13 In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

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

15 The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

16 The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:14Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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