Bible verse
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Proverbs 10:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 10.
10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
KJV
Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
ASV
Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
ERV
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
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