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Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 10:8 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 10:8 in other translations
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
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In context
5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
8 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
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