箴言 10:8

8 心 中 智 慧 的 ， 必 受 命 令 ； 口 里 愚 妄 的 ， 必 致 倾 倒 。

箴言 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:8

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" ^F2; 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Mytpv lywa) "stultus labiis", Montanus

箴言 10:8 In-Context

6 福 祉 临 到 义 人 的 头 ； 强 暴 蒙 蔽 恶 人 的 口 。

7 义 人 的 纪 念 被 称 赞 ； 恶 人 的 名 字 必 朽 烂 。

8 心 中 智 慧 的 ， 必 受 命 令 ； 口 里 愚 妄 的 ， 必 致 倾 倒 。

9 行 正 直 路 的 ， 步 步 安 稳 ； 走 弯 曲 道 的 ， 必 致 败 露 。

10 以 眼 传 神 的 ， 使 人 忧 患 ； 口 里 愚 妄 的 ， 必 致 倾 倒 。