Proverbs 10:21 - English Standard Version 2016

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: But fools die for want of wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Common English Bible

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many people, but fools who lack sense will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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

²¹ The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Proverbs 10:21 Tagairtí Cros

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks 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 have their fill of their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

For the simple are killed by their turning away, 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

There is one whose 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 hearts of fools.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?

Proverbs 5:12

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

Proverbs 5:2

that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, 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

“‘And 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 out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;