Proverbs 10:21

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 23:12

nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

Psalm 37:30

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

Proverbs 1:29

instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.

Proverbs 1:31

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the righteous send forth knowledge, but the heart of the foolish is not so.

Proverbs 17:16

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

Proverbs 5:12

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

Proverbs 5:2

in order to keep discretion, that your 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

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads; yes, their collected words are like nails driven home; they are given from one Shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

For this My people go into exile without knowledge, and their honorable men into famine, and his multitude is dried up with thirst.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, the 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 also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I.

Matthew 12:35

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

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.

Romans 1:28

And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;