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.
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. "Wisdom - i:e., wise speech-brings no rod to the speaker: hut unwise speech brings "a rod" upon "him that is void of understanding." "Wisdom," moreover, is to be learnt from the wise speaker; but you must search for it until it "is found." The wise man's words attest his wisdom; the fool's stripes attest his folly. He who will not be taught understanding by words must be taught it by the "rod." The wise man carries the ornament of his wisdom in his "lips;" the fool shall bear the disgrace of his folly on his "back".