Verse of the Day

　　

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

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

New King James Version

Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

New Living Translation

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

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Proverbs 10:14

(Read Proverbs 10:14)

　　Whatever knowledge may be useful, we must lay it up, that it may not be to seek when we want it. The wise gain this wisdom by reading, by hearing the word, by meditation, by prayer, by faith in Christ, who is made of God unto us wisdom.

　　

Proverbs 10:14 In-Context

12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

　　13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.

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

　　15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

　　16 The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.