Proverbs 10:13

New International Version

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

Psalm 37:30

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.

Exodus 10:12

And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:31

From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.

Proverbs 15:23

A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

Proverbs 19:29

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

Proverbs 20:15

Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

Proverbs 6:32

But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:22

All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose

Isaiah 50:4

The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Luke 4:22

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.