On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”
All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.”
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