Proverbs 10:21

A Conservative Version

The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Cross References

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Matthew 13:19

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

Proverbs 1:29

because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

Proverbs 15:4

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

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 5:12

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Job 23:12

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.

Proverbs 12:18

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Matthew 12:35

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

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 5:2

that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies. They have been given from one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.