Proverbs 10:13
New King James Version
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding,
But (A)a rod is for the back of him who [a]is devoid of understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:13 Lit. lacks heart
Proverbs 26:3
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3 (A)A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.
Proverbs 6:32
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32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman (A)lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.
Isaiah 50:4
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4 “The(A) Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is (B)weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.
Proverbs 27:22
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22 (A)Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Proverbs 20:15
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15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
But (A)the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
(A)And beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 17:10
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10 (A)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on a fool.
Proverbs 15:23
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time
Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise [a]disperse knowledge,
But the heart of the fool does not do so.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:7 spread
Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of [a]wisdom.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:21 Lit. heart
Proverbs 10:10-11
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10 He who winks with the eye causes trouble,
But a prating fool will fall.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,
But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like the (A)horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
Luke 4:22
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22 So all bore witness to Him, and (A)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, (B)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”
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Proverbs 7:22
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22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [a]as a fool to the correction of the [b]stocks,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
- Proverbs 7:22 shackles
Exodus 10:12
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12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (B)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”
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