13In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.


In Context

10 He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

13 In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

14 The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 10:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.