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Proverbs 10:13-15
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Proverbs 10:13-15
Easy-to-Read Version
13 Intelligent people speak words of wisdom, but fools must be punished before they learn their lesson.[a]
14 Wise people are quiet and learn new things, but fools talk and bring trouble on themselves.
15 Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.
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- Proverbs 10:13 Literally, “Wisdom can be found on the lips of the intelligent, but a rod on the back of fools.” This is a wordplay. In Hebrew, “lip” sounds like “rod.”
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