Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of a discerning person, 1 but a rod is for the back of the one who has no sense. 1

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In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

In Context

12Hatred stirs up conflicts, 1 but love covers over all offenses. 1

14Wise men store up knowledge, 1 but the mouth of a fool brings destruction near. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 10:12Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the land of Egypt to the locusts, that they may attack the land of Egypt and eat every plant in it, everything that the hail has left.”

Proverbs 6:32The one who commits adultery has no sense; 1 the one who does it destroys himself. 1

Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, 1 but a talkative fool will be thrown down. + 10:10 Some modern versions have but one who bravely corrects makes peace . 1

Proverbs 10:31Out of the mouth of the righteous person comes the fruit of wisdom, 1 but the perverse tongue will be cut out. 1

Proverbs 15:23A person finds joy when he gives a pertinent reply; 1 how good is a timely word! 1

Proverbs 17:10A rebuke goes deeper into a person who has understanding 1 than a hundred blows go into a fool. 1

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 →

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