Proverbs 10:21

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

Cross References (20)

  • Hosea 4:6 (8)

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests

  • Proverbs 17:16 (7)

    Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

  • Proverbs 1:29 (6)

    For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

  • Matthew 13:19 (5)

    When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was s

  • Ecclesiastes 12:9–10 (5)

    Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many pro

  • Job 4:3–4 (5)

    Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

  • Proverbs 15:4 (4)

    A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Proverbs 5:12 (3)

    and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

  • Proverbs 1:31 (3)

    So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • Job 29:21–22 (3)

    Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

  • Proverbs 5:23 (3)

    He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

  • Job 23:12 (3)

    I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

  • Proverbs 12:18 (2)

    Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • John 3:19–20 (2)

    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because the

  • Jeremiah 15:16 (2)

    Your 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

  • Romans 1:28 (1)

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to

  • 1 Peter 5:2 (1)

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav

  • Jeremiah 3:15 (1)

    Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

  • John 21:15–17 (1)

    When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,

  • Psalms 37:30 (1)

    The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.