Proverbs 10:13
Upon the lips of a man of understanding wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that lacketh understanding.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hatred stirreth up strife; But love covereth all offences.
14Wise men treasure up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is destruction close at hand.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; He that doeth it destroyeth himself;
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; And a foolish talker falleth headlong.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous man yieldeth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good it is!
Proverbs 17:10A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into 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 →