Proverbs 10:8

Modern

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

Traditional

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Literal

The one wise of heart receives commands, and the one foolish of lips will be thrown down.

Latin

Sapiens corde præcepta suscipit; stultus cæditur labiis.

Hebrew

English

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

Matthew 7:24–25
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
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.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Proverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Proverbs 1:5
…let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Proverbs 18:6–7
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.