Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
KJV
Labia justi erudiunt plurimos ; qui autem indocti sunt in cordis egestate morientur.
Vulgate
χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλά, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν.
LXX
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
ASV
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יִרְע֣וּ רַבִּ֑ים וֶֽ֝/אֱוִילִ֗ים בַּ/חֲסַר לֵ֥ב יָמֽוּתוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
חֲסַר
chsr
verb · 18×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 177×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 10:8 — Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
- Deut 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
- Eccl 12:9 — And 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.
- Hos 4:6 — 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
- Jer 3:15 — And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
- Job 4:3 — Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- Job 4:3 — Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- Job 23:12 — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Job 29:21 — Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
- Matt 13:19 — 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.
- Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Prov 5:2 — That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Prov 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- Prov 5:23 — He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
- Prov 5:23 — He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
- Prov 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Prov 17:16 — Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
- Prov 19:2 — Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
- Prov 22:18 — For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- Ps 37:30 — The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
- Ps 119:144 — The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.