Proverbs 10:14

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Proverbs 10:14

14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

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Proverbs 10:14 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

14 The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

NLT

14 Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.

MSG

14 The wise accumulate knowledge - a true treasure; know-it-alls talk too much - a sheer waste. The Road to Life Is a Disciplined Life

CSB

14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

Proverbs 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:14

Wise [men] lay up knowledge
Which they get by reading, prayer, meditation, hearing the word of God, and conversation with good men: this they lay up in their hearts, minds, and memories, that they may not forget it, and as a rich treasure they highly value it; that they may bring it forth at proper times, and on proper occasions, for the benefit of others; see ( Matthew 12:35 ) ( 13:52 ) ; or hide ^F6 it; conceal it; do not boast and brag of it, as foolish men do; but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction:
who rashly and unguardedly utters things which bring swift and sudden destruction on himself and others; or terror and consternation, as the word ^F7 also signifies. The Vulgate Latin version is, "but the mouth of the foolish is near to confusion"; he boasts of his knowledge, betrays his ignorance, and so brings himself to shame and confusion.

FOOTNOTES:

F6 (wnpuy) "abscondent", Pagninus, Montanus; "abscondunt", V. L. "occultant", Michaelis.
F7 (htxm) "terrorem accersit", Tigurine version; "consternatio propinqua", Cocceius; "terror", Vatablus, Michaelis.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible