Proverbs 10:21

American Standard Version 2015

The lips of the righteous feed many;\par\tab But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Cross References

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,\par\tab Seeing he hath no understanding?

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, {\i then} cometh the evil {\i one}, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.

Proverbs 1:29

For that they hated knowledge,\par\tab And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life;\par\tab But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

Proverbs 5:23

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

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction,\par\tab And my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,\par\tab And be filled with their own devices.

Job 23:12

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

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;\par\tab But the tongue of the wise is health.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to {\i the will of} God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Romans 1:28

And even as they refused to have God in {\i their} knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

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 the righteous talketh of wisdom,\par\tab And his tongue speaketh justice.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Proverbs 6:32

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding:\par\tab He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;\par\tab But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,\par\tab And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 5:2

That thou mayest preserve discretion,\par\tab And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge;\par\tab But the heart of the foolish {\i doeth} not so.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are {\i the words of} the masters of assemblies, {\i which} are given from one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

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