Proverbs 10:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

Many are helped by useful instruction, but fools are killed by their own stupidity.

Cross References

Hosea 4:6

You priests have rejected me, and my people are destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget your children, because you have forgotten my Law.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should fools have money for an education when they refuse to learn?

Matthew 13:19

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.

Proverbs 1:29

No, you would not learn, and you refused to respect the Lord.

Proverbs 15:4

Kind words are good medicine, but deceitful words can really hurt.

Proverbs 5:23

They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control.

Proverbs 5:12

and shout, “I hated advice and correction!

Proverbs 1:31

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Job 23:12

and I have always treasured his teachings.

Jeremiah 15:16

When you spoke to me, I was glad to obey, because I belong to you, the Lord All-Powerful.

Proverbs 12:18

Sharp words cut like a sword, but words of wisdom heal.

1 Peter 5:2

Just as shepherds watch over their sheep, you must watch over everyone God has placed in your care. Do it willingly in order to please God, and not simply because you think you must. Let it be something you want to do, instead of something you do merely to make money.

Romans 1:28

Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

Jeremiah 3:15

Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds.

Psalm 37:30

Words of wisdom come when good people speak for justice.

Matthew 12:35

Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts.

Proverbs 6:32

But if you go to bed with another man's wife, you will destroy yourself by your own stupidity.

Proverbs 10:11

The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

Proverbs 1:32

Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

Proverbs 5:2

you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say.

Proverbs 15:7

Words of wisdom make good sense; the thoughts of a fool make no sense at all.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words of wisdom are like the stick a farmer uses to make animals move. These sayings come from a shepherd, and they are like nails that fasten things together.

Isaiah 5:13

and so his people know nothing about him. That's why many of you will be dragged off to foreign lands. Your leaders will starve to death, and everyone else will suffer from thirst.