Proverbs 10:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Key Terms in This Verse
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
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 lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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.
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.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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.
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;
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?
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 l...
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