Proverbs 10:13

Tree of Life Version

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, and must be held in with bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”

Psalm 37:30

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

Exodus 10:12

Then Adonai said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so they may come up onto Egypt and eat every plant in the land—everything the hail has left.”

Proverbs 10:21

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

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 15:23

A person has joy in an appropriate answer— how good is a timely word.

Proverbs 15:7

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

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart is called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases persuasiveness.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred lashes on a fool.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and floggings for the back of fools.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold and abundance of rubies, but lips that speak knowledge are precious.

Proverbs 26:3

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

Proverbs 27:22

Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:22

Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap,

Isaiah 50:4

Adonai Elohim has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning. He awakens My ear to give heed as a disciple.

Luke 4:22

All were speaking well of Him and marveling at the gracious words coming out of His mouth. And they were saying, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”