Proverbs 10:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you have good sense, it will show when you speak. But if you are stupid, you will be beaten with a stick.

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Don't be stupid like horses and mules that must be led with ropes to make them obey.”

Psalm 37:30

Words of wisdom come when good people speak for justice.

Exodus 10:12

The LORD told Moses, “Stretch your arm towards Egypt. Swarms of locusts will come and eat everything left by the hail.”

Proverbs 10:21

Many are helped by useful instruction, but fools are killed by their own stupidity.

Proverbs 10:31

Honest people speak sensibly, but deceitful liars will be silenced.

Proverbs 15:23

Giving the right answer at the right time makes everyone happy.

Proverbs 15:7

Words of wisdom make good sense; the thoughts of a fool make no sense at all.

Proverbs 16:21

Good judgment proves that you are wise, and if you speak kindly, you can teach others.

Proverbs 17:10

A sensible person accepts correction, but you can't beat sense into a fool.

Proverbs 19:29

Every stupid fool is just waiting to be punished.

Proverbs 20:15

Sensible words are better than gold or jewels.

Proverbs 26:3

Horses and donkeys must be beaten and bridled— and so must fools.

Proverbs 27:22

No matter how hard you beat a fool, you can't pound out the foolishness.

Proverbs 6:32

But if you go to bed with another man's wife, you will destroy yourself by your own stupidity.

Proverbs 7:22

Straight away he followed her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, or like a fool on the way to be punished

Isaiah 50:4

The LORD God gives me the right words to encourage the weary. Each morning he awakens me eager to learn his teaching;

Luke 4:22

All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, “Isn't he Joseph's son?”