Proverbs 10:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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