Proverbs 13:16

¹⁶A commonsense person lives good sense; fools litter the country with silliness.

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Proverbs 13 continues the sharp contrasts of the wisdom tradition, setting the righteous against the wicked, the wise against the fool, and the diligent against the lazy. The chapter is a collection of independent sayings, each a self-contained gem, yet together they paint a coheren

References· Proverbs 13

a: v.1 — Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 9:7-8, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 4:1-14, 1 Samuel 2:25, Isaiah 28:14-15, Proverbs 4:20-22, Proverbs 14:6
b: v.2 — Proverbs 12:14, Proverbs 18:20, Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 1:31, Psalms 140:11, Habakkuk 2:8, Psalms 75:8, Proverbs 1:11-13, Proverbs 4:17, Habakkuk 2:17
c: v.3 — Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 18:7, James 3:2-12, Matthew 12:36-37, Psalms 39:1, Proverbs 10:19, James 1:26, Proverbs 20:19, Proverbs 12:13
d: v.4 — Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 12:11, 2 Peter 1:5-11, Proverbs 2:2-9, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 11:25, John 6:27, Proverbs 28:25, Hebrews 6:11, Proverbs 8:34
e: v.5 — Colossians 3:9, Psalms 119:163, Ephesians 4:25, Ezekiel 36:31, Ezekiel 20:43, Proverbs 3:35, Revelation 21:8, Proverbs 6:17, Proverbs 30:8, Ezekiel 6:9
f: v.7 — Revelation 3:17, Luke 18:11-14, Proverbs 11:24, Proverbs 12:9, Luke 12:21, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 6:10, Proverbs 13:11, James 2:5, 2 Peter 2:19
g: v.9 — Proverbs 24:20, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 20:20, Psalms 112:4, Psalms 97:11, Job 18:5-6, Matthew 25:8, 1 Kings 11:36, Isaiah 50:10-11, Job 21:17
h: v.11 — Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 10:2, James 5:1-5, Proverbs 28:8, Job 27:16-17, Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 13:22-23, Proverbs 27:23-27, Proverbs 28:22, Jeremiah 17:11
i: v.12 — John 16:22, Proverbs 13:19, Psalms 119:81-83, Psalms 17:15, Proverbs 11:30, Proverbs 3:18, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 143:7, Psalms 40:2-3, Genesis 21:6-7
j: v.13 — Numbers 15:31, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 119:165, 2 John 1:8, Ezekiel 20:16, Ezekiel 20:13, Psalms 19:11, Ezekiel 20:24, Psalms 115:13, Luke 16:31
k: v.15 — Jeremiah 2:19, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 15:10, Romans 6:21, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 95:9-11, Proverbs 3:4, Acts 7:10, 1 Samuel 18:14-16, Luke 2:52
l: v.20 — 1 Corinthians 15:33-34, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 9:6, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, Psalms 119:63, Revelation 18:4, Malachi 3:16, Proverbs 1:11-19, Hebrews 10:24, Proverbs 7:22-23
m: v.21 — Psalms 32:10, Isaiah 3:10-11, Romans 2:7-10, Proverbs 13:13, Genesis 4:7, Psalms 140:11, Numbers 32:23, Acts 28:4
n: v.22 — Ecclesiastes 2:26, Job 27:16-17, Proverbs 28:8, Psalms 37:25, Psalms 112:2, Genesis 17:7-8, Psalms 25:12-13, Ezra 9:12, Psalms 128:6, Psalms 102:28
o: v.24 — Proverbs 29:17, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:18, Hebrews 12:6-8, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 3:12, Proverbs 8:36

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