Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
Ver. 14. Wise men lay up knowledge.] To know when to speak, and when to be silent. It is a great skill to be able "to time a word," Isa 50:4 to set it upon the wheels. Pro 25:11 "How forcible are right words!" Job 6:25
But the mouth of the foolish.] An open mouth is a purgatory to the master. Nemo stultus tacere potest, saith Solon. A fool tells all, saith Solomon. Ecc 10:12-14 And Ut quisque est dissolutissimae vitae, ita est solutissimae linguae, saith Seneca. A fool's bolt is soon shot, and as soon retorted ofttimes upon himself.