THEOSISProverbs 10:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
חֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקַּ֣ח מִצְוֺ֑ת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 7:24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
- Matt 7:25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
- Prov 12:1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.
- Prov 18:6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
- Prov 18:7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
- Prov 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
- Prov 1:5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.
- Jas 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.