Proverbs 10:13
He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the + 10:13 Lit. heartless man, Hebraism. fool with a rod.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.
14The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.
Cross References
Exodus 10:12And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail left.
Proverbs 6:32But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.
Proverbs 10:10He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; but he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish.
Proverbs 15:23A bad man will by no means + 15:23 Or, obey. attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal.
Proverbs 17:10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
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 →