Proverbs 10:21

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for it?

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 5:23

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

Proverbs 5:12

And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;

Romans 1:28

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

Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Psalm 37:30

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

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.

Proverbs 6:32

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

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

Proverbs 5:2

That you may preserve discretion, And your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the heart of the fool does not do so.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.