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Selected Verse: Proverbs 10:14 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 10:14 Strong Concordance Wise [02450] men lay up [06845] knowledge [01847]: but the mouth [06310] of the foolish [0191] is near [07138] destruction [04288].
  King James Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
lay up knowledge--that is, as treasures for good use.

mouth . . . destruction--or, "as to the mouth," &c., destruction is near; they expose themselves to evil by prating.
 
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6 Give [1325] not [3361] that which [3588] is holy [40] unto the dogs [2965], neither [3366] cast [906] ye your [5216] pearls [3135] before [1715] swine [5519], lest [3379] they trample [2662] them [846] under [1722] their [846] feet [4228], and [2532] turn again [4762] and rend [4486] you [5209].
3 He that keepeth [05341] his mouth [06310] keepeth [08104] his life [05315]: but he that openeth wide [06589] his lips [08193] shall have destruction [04288].