Proverbs 10:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.

Psalm 37:30

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.

Exodus 10:12

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may come upon it and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.”

Proverbs 10:21

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

Proverbs 10:31

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

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise of heart is called perceptive, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 19:29

Punishments are prepared for scoffers and flogging for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

Proverbs 27:22

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:22

Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

Luke 4:22

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”