The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
A prating fool shall fall - This clause is repeated in the tenth verse. The wise man will receive the commandment: but the shallow blabbing fool shall be cast down. See Proverbs 10:10.
A prating ... fall - Better, as in the margin. Inward self-contained wisdom is contrasted with self-exposed folly.
10:8 Who receive - Is ready to hear and obey the precepts of God and men. Fall - Into mischief.