"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."
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
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.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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.
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?
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
In the lips of an intelligent [man] wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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 of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, But a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.