Verse 14
14. Lay up Treasures up, in the memory, useful knowledge. Compare Proverbs 10:8. Is near destruction Destruction is near by, imminent. The sense is, that knowledge treasured up by the wise preserves from calamity; but folly, which is pre-eminently shown by the mouth, plunges one speedily into it. Miller carries forward the verb, lay up, and renders the last clause, “but the mouth of the fool (stores up) early rain.” On first clause compare Matthew 12:35; Matthew 13:52; Psalms 119:11.
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