Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
†‖The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. a foole of lips.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, shalbe beaten.
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- Matthew 7:24–25Rank 1 from verse 8
24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
24¶ Therefore, *whosoeuer heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I wil liken him vnto a wise man, which built his house vpon a rocke:
25And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that house: and it fell not, for it was founded vpon a rocke.
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Proverbs 10:8
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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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.
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commandments
Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.
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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
Talking foolishly, idly, or maliciously at length.
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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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10:7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:7*The memorie of the iust is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
10:8†‖The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.
Selected passage10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10:9*He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.