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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
in heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
will receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
: but μa prating
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
fool
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
shall νfall
labat (Hebrew #3832)
to overthrow; intransposed, to fall
KJV usage: fall.
Pronounce: law-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
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μ
fool of lips.
ν
be beaten.

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Ministry on This Verse

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wise.
Prov. 1:5• 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: (Prov. 1:5)
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Prov. 9:9• 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. (Prov. 9:9)
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Prov. 12:1• 1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. (Prov. 12:1)
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Prov. 14:8• 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. (Prov. 14:8)
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Psa. 119:34• 34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. (Psa. 119:34)
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James 3:13• 13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. (James 3:13)
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Prov. 10:10• 10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. (Prov. 10:10)
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Prov. 12:13• 13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 13:3• 3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. (Prov. 13:3)
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Prov. 14:23• 23In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (Prov. 14:23)
prating fool.
Heb. a fool of lips.
Eccl. 10:12• 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)
fall.
or, be beaten.
Prov. 18:6‑7• 6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
 7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. (Prov. 18:6‑7)
• The prating word-mouthed fool, who is too wise in his own conceit to require instruction, must learn by coming to grief. In Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar we see the two contrasted. See Daniel 5:18-23. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating foolb shall fall.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "a fool of lips."