Proverbs 10:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Proverbs 1:29

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Proverbs 1:31

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 15:4

A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

Proverbs 17:16

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

Proverbs 5:2

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

Proverbs 6:32

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

Isaiah 5:13

For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

Jeremiah 15:16

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

Hosea 4:6

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Matthew 12:35

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

Matthew 13:19

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

1 Peter 5:2

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;