Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The lips
Bible References
The lips
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life. Aggression comes from the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, the heart of the foolish does not.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips that speak knowledge are more precious than jewels.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Exodus 10:12
Jehovah said to Moses: Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts. Let them come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.
Luke 4:22
All witnessed this and wondered at the kind words that he spoke. They said: Is this not Joseph's son?
A rod
Proverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye [in a jesture of malice] causes trouble. A babbling fool will fall.
Proverbs 7:22
He immediately goes after her. He is like a bull that goes to the slaughter. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Proverbs 17:10
Reproof influences a wise man more than a hundred stripes does to a fool.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 27:22
Though you grind a fool in mortar his foolishness will not depart from him.
Psalm 32:9
Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.