Proverbs 10:13-20

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.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

¹⁵The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: The fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: But he that refuseth reproof erreth.

¹⁸He that hideth hatred with lying lips, And he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: But he that refraineth his lips is wise.

²⁰The tongue of the just is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.