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, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
• Prov 17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
• Prov 1:29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
• Job 4:3–4Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
• Eccl 12:9–10Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• Matt 13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
• Prov 15:4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
• Prov 5:23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
• Job 23:12I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Prov 1:31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
• Job 29:21–22“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
• Prov 5:12and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Jer 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
• John 3:19–20This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
• Prov 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
• Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
• 1 Pet 5:2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
• John 21:15–17So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
• Jer 3:15I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
• Rom 1:28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

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