Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
Cross References
Exodus 10:12And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust, that it may come upon it, and devour every herb that is left after the hail.
Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
Proverbs 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:13
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Here is, 1. The great mischief-maker, and that is malice. Even where there is no manifest occasion of strife, yet hatred seeks occasion and so stirs it up and does the devil's work. Those are the most spiteful ill-natured people that can be who take a pleasure in setting their neighbours together by the ears, by tale-bearing, evil surmises, and misrepresentations, blowing up the sparks of contention, which had lain buried, into a flame, at which, with an… Read the whole commentary →