Cross references

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart will receive commandments,

but foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:8 BSB

Proverbs 10:8 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 7:24–25 (8 votes) and Proverbs 12:1 (5 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Psalm 119 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 10:8 point to?

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  1. Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

  2. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

  3. James 3:135 votes

    Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

  4. Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

  5. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

  6. let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

  7. He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

  8. A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

  9. The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

  10. He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Which verses point to Proverbs 10:8?

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