Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Proverbs 10:21 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 The lips of the righteous feed many: But fools die for want of wisdom. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. |
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: But perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?
He shall die without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;