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.
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13)Observe, 1. Wisdom and grace are the honour of good men: He that has understanding , that good understanding which those have that do the commandments, wisdom is found in his lips , that is, it is discovered to be there, and consequently that he has within a good treasure of it, and it is derived thence for the benefit of others. It is a man’s honour to have wisdom, but much more to be instrumenta…
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