Verse 8

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:1 : 1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; 25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
• Jas 3:13 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
• Prov 12:13 : 13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
• Prov 13:3 : 3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
• Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
• Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows. 7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
• Prov 10:10 : 10 He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.
• Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.