Proverbs 10:13

World English Bible (2000)

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
  • Prov 10:10-11 : 10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall. 11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
  • Luke 4:22 : 22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
  • Exod 10:12 : 12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:3
    82%

    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 10:14
    79%

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

  • Prov 17:10
    79%

    10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

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

  • Prov 26:3
    76%

    3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 22:15
    76%

    15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Prov 15:2
    75%

    2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

    16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 19:25
    75%

    25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • Prov 13:24
    75%

    24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 10:19
    74%

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • Prov 3:13
    74%

    13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Prov 17:27
    74%

    27 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

  • Prov 10:21
    74%

    21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

  • Prov 2:6
    74%

    6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 10:31
    74%

    31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

    7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

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

  • Prov 15:21
    73%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Prov 11:12
    73%

    12 One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

  • Prov 21:11
    73%

    11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • Prov 13:10
    73%

    10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

  • Prov 23:13
    73%

    13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Prov 19:29
    73%

    29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

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

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

    15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 12:1
    72%

    1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

  • Eccl 10:10
    72%

    10 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:17
    72%

    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.