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 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.
• Prov 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
• Prov 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
• Job 4:3–4Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
• Eccl 12:9–10And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• Matt 13:19When 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.
• Prov 15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
• Prov 5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Prov 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Job 29:21–22Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
• Prov 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Jer 15:16Thy 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.
• John 3:19–20And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Prov 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
• 1 Pet 5:2Feed 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;
• John 21:15–17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
• Jer 3:15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
• Rom 1:28And 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;

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