Proverbs 10:21

King James 2000

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Cross References

Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Psalm 37:30

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

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 1:31

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

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

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 5:12

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

Proverbs 5:2

That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

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

Proverbs 6:32

But whosoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fixed by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:15

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

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 12:35

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Matthew 13:19

When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.

Romans 1:28

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not proper;

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but of a ready mind;