Proverbs 10:21 “The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgmen…”

Proverbs 10:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

Darby Translation

The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

Young's Literal Translation

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

Bible in Basic English

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

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Cross references

“feed”

Proverbs 15:4 Job 23:12 Proverbs 12:18 Jeremiah 15:16 Psalm 37:30 Jeremiah 3:15

Proverbs 15:4 · BSB

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Job 23:12 · BSB

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Psalm 37:30 · BSB

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Jeremiah 3:15 · BSB

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

“fools”

Hosea 4:6 Proverbs 1:29 Matthew 13:19 Proverbs 1:31 Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 5:23

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Proverbs 1:29 · BSB

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

Matthew 13:19 · BSB

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

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 5:12 · BSB

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

Proverbs 5:23 · BSB

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

“wisdom”

Proverbs 17:16

Proverbs 17:16 · BSB

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

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