Proverbs 10:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The mouth of the foolish is near destructioni.e., is a near, ever-threatening calamity; one never knows what awkward or dangerous thing he will not say next: whereas wise men store up knowledge, and bring it forth as it is wanted (Matthew 13:52).

Proverbs 10:14

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.