Proverbs 10:21

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

GNV

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

JPS

The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for want of understanding.

LXXE

The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יִרְע֣וּ רַבִּ֑ים וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗ים בַּחֲסַר־לֵ֥ב יָמֽוּתוּ׃

LXX-Br

Χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλὰ, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 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.
• Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Matthew 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.
• Proverbs 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. Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
• Ecclesiastes 12:9–10Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs. The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
• Proverbs 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.
• Jeremiah 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.
• Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
• Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Jeremiah 3:15Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
• Job 29:21–22Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel. After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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