Proverbs 10:13
On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks {sense}, he destroys himself who does it.
Exodus 10:12
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt with the locusts so that they may come up over the land of Egypt, and let them eat all the vegetation of the land, all that the hail left behind."
Psalm 32:9
Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.
Proverbs 7:22
He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,
Proverbs 10:10-11
The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 10:21
Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart of fools, not so.
Proverbs 15:23
Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and many costly stones, but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 27:22
If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me [the] tongue of pupil, to know how to help [the] weary [with] a word. He awakens {morning by morning}, awakens an ear for me to listen as [do] the pupils.
Luke 4:22
And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"