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Proverbs 10:14
The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
Proverbs 10:14 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 10:14 in other translations
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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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.
17 A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
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