Proverbs 10:13

Proverbs chapter 10 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.12Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

v.13This passage

v.14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.