Proverbs 10:13

¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

In the lips {H8193} of him that hath understanding {H995} wisdom {H2451} is found {H4672}: but a rod {H7626} is for the back {H1460} of him that is void {H2638} of understanding {H3820}.

On the lips of the intelligent is found wisdom, but a stick is in store for the back of a fool.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 26:3 (7 votes)

    ¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

  • Proverbs 6:32 (5 votes)

    [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

  • Isaiah 50:4 (4 votes)

    ¶ The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  • Proverbs 20:15 (3 votes)

    ¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

  • Proverbs 15:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Proverbs 17:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Proverbs 27:22 (3 votes)

    ¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.