Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. Righteous words feed and help others; folly leads to ruin.

Cross-references · 20

• Hos 4:6My 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.
• Prov 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Prov 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Job 4:3–4Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
• Eccl 12:9–10Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
• Matt 13:19When 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.
• Prov 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
• Prov 5:23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
• Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
• Prov 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Job 29:21–22Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
• Prov 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Jer 15:16Your 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.
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• Prov 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
• 1 Pet 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
• John 21:15–17When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
• Jer 3:15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
• Rom 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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