Verse 13

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
  • Prov 10:10-11 : 10 He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace. 11 The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
  • Luke 4:22 : 22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
  • Exod 10:12 : 12 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the land of Egypt so that the locusts may come up on the land for the destruction of every green plant in the land, even everything untouched by the ice-storm.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...