Proverbs 10:21 - Revised Standard Version

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: But fools die for want of wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Common English Bible

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many people, but fools who lack sense will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ The lips of the just instruct many. But those who are unlearned shall die in destitution of heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Proverbs 10:21 Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:2

that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings which are given by one Shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge; their honored men are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:15

“ ‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 13:19

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,