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The wiseחֲכַםof heartלֵבreceivesיִקַּחcommandments,מִצְוֺתbutוֶthe foolאֱוִילof lipsשְׂפָתַיִםwill be thrown down.יִלָּבֵט
Proverbs 10:8
Study it in the app“The wise of heart receives commandments, but the fool of lips will be thrown down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:8, word by word
- The wiseחֲכַםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- of heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- receivesיִקַּחyikach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “yikach” appears- commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- the foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- of lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- will be thrown downיִלָּבֵטyilavet
fall, be thrown down
To fall, to be thrown down; to come to ruin.
Where else “yilavet” appears
The context
7The memory of the righteous is for a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
8 · This verse (above)
9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes crooked his ways will be found out.