Proverbs 10:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured his words in my bosom.

Psalm 37:30

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak 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 way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys 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

Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:2

so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

They die for lack of discipline, and because of their great folly they are lost.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Hosea 4:6

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

Matthew 12:35

The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.

1 Peter 5:2

to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it, not for sordid gain but eagerly.