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.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

⁴ 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.

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

²² And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

¹⁵ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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

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

²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!