Proverbs 10:21
Advice from good people helps feed many others, but stupid people die because they have no sense.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
In Context
20What good people say is like the best silver, but the mind of the wicked isn't worth much.
22The Lord's blessing makes you rich, and he doesn't add any sadness to accompany it.
Cross References
Job 23:12I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat every day.
Psalms 37:30People who do right give good advice, explaining what is fair.
Proverbs 1:31So they'll have to eat the fruit of their own choices, bloated by their own devious schemes.
Proverbs 5:2so you can make good decisions and protect knowledge with your lips.
Proverbs 5:23They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
Proverbs 15:4Gentle words are a source of life, but telling lies does a lot of damage.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:21-22
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. We are here taught how to value men, not by their wealth and preferment in the world, but by their virtue. I. Good men are good for something. Though they may be poor and low in the world, and may not have power and riches to do good with, yet, as long as they have a mouth to speak, that will make them valuable and useful, and upon that account we must… Read the whole commentary →