Proverbs 10:13

Modern English Version

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, which must be restrained with bit and bridle, or they will not come near you.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Exodus 10:12

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be silenced.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the apt reply of his mouth, and a timely word spoken, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise of heart will be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

Proverbs 17:10

One rebuke goes deeper into a wise man than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 19:29

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, a rod is for the back of a fool.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in the mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

Proverbs 7:22

Immediately he followed her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.

Luke 4:22

All bore witness to Him, and wondered at the gracious words which came from His mouth. Then they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”