Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.
14Wise men, treasure up knowledge, but, the mouth of the foolish, is a terror near at hand.
Cross References
Exodus 10:12Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Stretch forth thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locust, that it may come up over the land of Egypt,—and may eat up every herb of the land, all that the hail hath left.
Proverbs 6:32He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye, causeth sorrow, and, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust aside.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous, beareth the fruit of wisdom, but, a perverse tongue, shall be cut off.
Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season,—how good!
Proverbs 17:10A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
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 →