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Proverbs 10:14

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Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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  1. Proverbs 10:8Rank 1 from verse 14
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  2. Proverbs 18:7Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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    3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Proverbs 10:14

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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lay

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Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10:13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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