Proverbs 10:21

The Scriptures 1998

The lips of the righteous shepherd many, But fools die for lack of heart.

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not strayed from the command of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily portion.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of right-ruling.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 1:31

“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:32

“For the turning away of the simple slays them, And the complacency of fools destroys them.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 12:18

Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A healing tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is this – a price in the hand Of a fool to buy wisdom, When there is no heart?

Proverbs 5:12

And shall say, “How I have hated discipline, And my heart has despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:2

So as to watch over discretion, And your lips guard knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, And in the greatness of his folly He goes astray.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; He who does it destroys his own life.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and as nails driven by the masters of collections – they were given by one Shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into exile, because they have no knowledge. And their esteemed men are starved, and their crowd dried up with thirst.

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 Your Name is called on me, O יהוה  Elohim of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:15

“And I shall give you shepherds according to My heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Hosea 4:6

“My people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.

Matthew 12:35

“The good man brings forth what is good from the good treasures of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked from the wicked treasure.

Matthew 13:19

“When anyone hears the word of the reign, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that sown by the wayside.

Romans 1:28

And even as they did not think it worth- while to possess the knowledge of Elohim, Elohim gave them over to a worthless mind, to do what is improper,

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but voluntarily, not out of greed for filthy gain, but eagerly,