Proverbs 10:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

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  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • Prov 10:10-11 : 10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
  • Luke 4:22 : 22 And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?
  • Exod 10:12 : 12 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 10:14
    79%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 17:10
    79%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 16:21-23
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    76%

    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 26:3
    76%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 22:15
    76%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 15:2
    75%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    75%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 19:25
    75%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Prov 13:24
    75%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Prov 10:19
    74%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Prov 3:13
    74%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 17:27
    74%

    27He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

  • Prov 10:21
    74%

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

  • Prov 2:6
    74%

    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 10:31
    74%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 15:21
    73%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

    12He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.

  • Prov 21:11
    73%

    11When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • Prov 13:10
    73%

    10By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.

  • Prov 23:13
    73%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Prov 19:29
    73%

    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 12:1
    72%

    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Eccl 10:10
    72%

    10If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:17
    72%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.