Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom is found in the lips of a wise man; and a rod in the back of him that is needy of heart. (Wisdom is found on the lips of the wise; and a rod on the back of him who is foolish.)
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Exodus 10:12Forsooth the Lord said to Moses, Hold forth thine hand on the land of Egypt, to a locust, that is, (a) multitude of locusts, that it ascend on the land, and devour all the herb which is left of the hail. (And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the land of Egypt, for a multitude of locusts to ascend upon the land, and devour all the herbage that be left from the hail.)
Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, shall lose his soul, for the poverty of heart, that is, (for the) wanting of reason.
Proverbs 10:10He that beckoneth with the eye, shall give sorrow; a fool shall be beaten with (his own) lips.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of a just man shall bring forth wisdom; the tongue of shrews shall perish. (The mouths of the righteous shall bring forth wisdom; and the tongues of the depraved shall be stopped.)
Proverbs 15:23A man is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a covenable word is best (or but a suitable word is always best).
Proverbs 17:10A blaming profiteth more at a prudent man, than an hundred wounds at a fool. (A rebuke more profiteth a prudent man, than an hundred wounds to 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 →