Proverbs 10:21

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed 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 utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 1:31

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:18

The words of the rash are like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A tongue of healing is a tree of life, but perversity therein is crushing to the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “How I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:2

that you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like iron-tipped goads, and like well-driven nails are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore My people go 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 ate them. And Your word became to 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, who 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 reject you from being My priest. And 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 his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one who received seed beside the path.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not proper.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, take care of them, not by constraint, but willingly, not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.