Proverbs 10:21

God's Word

The lips of a righteous person feed many, but stubborn fools die because they have no sense.

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 1:31

They will eat the fruit of their lifestyle. They will be stuffed with their own schemes.

Proverbs 1:32

“Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous person is a fountain of life, but the mouths of wicked people conceal violence.

Proverbs 12:18

Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of wise people spread knowledge, but a foolish attitude does not.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he doesn’t have a mind to grasp anything?

Proverbs 5:12

“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Proverbs 5:2

so that you may act with foresight and speak with insight.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die for his lack of discipline and stumble around because of his great stupidity.

Proverbs 6:32

Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words from wise people are like spurs. Their collected sayings are like nails that have been driven in firmly. They come from one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

“My people will go into exile because they don’t understand what I’m doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst.”

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight, because I am called by your name, O Lord God of Armies.

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds after my own heart. They will be shepherds who feed you with knowledge and insight.

Hosea 4:6

I will destroy my people because they are ignorant. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be my priests. You have forgotten the teachings of your God, so I will forget your children.

Matthew 12:35

Good people do the good things that are in them. But evil people do the evil things that are in them.

Matthew 13:19

Someone hears the word about the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The evil one comes at once and snatches away what was planted in him. This is what the seed planted along the road illustrates.

Romans 1:28

And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things.

1 Peter 5:2

Be shepherds over the flock God has entrusted to you. Watch over it as God does: Don’t do this because you have to, but because you want to. Don’t do it out of greed, but out of a desire to serve.