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Jan 28, 2026 8:44 PM

  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.

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