Proverbs 10:13
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 10
“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.”Proverbs 10:13
What Does Proverbs 10:13 Mean?
Proverbs 10:13 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 10, verse 13 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wisdom.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 10:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 26:3“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.”Proverbs 6:32“But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”Proverbs 19:29“Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”Proverbs 10:31“The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.”Ecclesiastes 10:12“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.”Isaiah 50:4“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.”Judges 8:16“And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.”Psalms 32:9“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.”Proverbs 7:7“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”Proverbs 10:10“He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.”Proverbs 10:21“The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.”Proverbs 15:7“The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.”Proverbs 15:23“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”Proverbs 17:10“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”Proverbs 20:15“There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.”Proverbs 27:22“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”Proverbs 7:22“He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;”Proverbs 22:18“For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.”Song of Solomon 4:3“Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.”Luke 4:22“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?”
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