Proverbs 10:21

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The lips of the righteous feed many: But fools die for want 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 speaketh wisdom, And his tongue talketh of judgment.

Proverbs 1:29

For that 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 covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is 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 doeth not so.

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?

Proverbs 5:12

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

Proverbs 5:2

That thou mayest regard discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 6:32

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

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

Isaiah 5:13

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

Jeremiah 15:16

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

Jeremiah 3:15

and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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 will also forget thy children.

Matthew 12:35

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

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which 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 convenient;

1 Peter 5:2

feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;