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Proverbs 10:13

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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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  1. Proverbs 10:11

    The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  2. Proverbs 10:12

    Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  3. Proverbs 10:14

    Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  4. Proverbs 10:15

    The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.