Proverbs 10:13
In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.
14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.
Cross References
Exodus 10:12After, the Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hande vpon the lande of Egypt for the grashoppers, that they may come vpon the lande of Egypt, and eate all the herbes of the land, euen all that the haile hath left.
Proverbs 6:32But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, and he yet is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
Proverbs 15:23A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due season?
Proverbs 17:10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.
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 →