Proverbs 10:21

New American Bible - revised edition

The lips of the just nourish many, but fools die for want of sense.

Cross References

Job 23:12

From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom; his tongue speaks what is right.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 1:31

Well, then, they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.

Proverbs 1:32

For the straying of the naive kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 12:18

The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 15:4

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

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of fools is not steadfast.

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hands of fools when they have no heart to acquire wisdom?

Proverbs 5:12

And you say, “Oh, why did I hate instruction, and my heart spurn reproof!

Proverbs 5:2

That you may act discreetly, and your lips guard what you know.

Proverbs 5:23

They will die from lack of discipline, lost because of their great folly.

Proverbs 6:32

But those who commit adultery have no sense; those who do it destroy themselves.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like goads; like fixed spikes are the collected sayings given by one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of understanding, Its nobles starving, its masses parched with thirst.

Jeremiah 15:16

When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, Because I bear your name, Lord, God of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:15

I will appoint for you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.

Hosea 4:6

My people are ruined for lack of knowledge! Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest; Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 12:35

A good person brings forth good out of a store of goodness, but an evil person brings forth evil out of a store of evil.

Matthew 13:19

The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.