I have not departed from the commands of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Proverbs 10:21 - Tree of Life Version The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The lips of the righteous feed many: But fools die for want of wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart. American Standard Version (1901) The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding. Common English Bible The lips of the righteous nourish many people, but fools who lack sense will die. Catholic Public Domain Version The lips of the just instruct many. But those who are unlearned shall die in destitution of heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding. |
I have not departed from the commands of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom and his tongue speaks justice.
so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Reckless speech is like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
A healing tongue is a tree of life, but a deceitful one crushes the spirit.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Of what use is money in the hand of a fool since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
and you will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned reproof!
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.
The words of the wise are like goads, their collective sayings are like firmly affixed nails. They have been given by one Shepherd.
“Therefore My people are in captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished and their multitudes parched with thirst.
Your words were found, so I ate them. Your words were a delight to me and the joy of my heart. For I am called by Your Name, Adonai-Elohei-Tzva’ot.
I will give you shepherds after My own heart who will feed you knowledge and understanding.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.
The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.
And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.