Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
In Context
22The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.
Cross References
Job 23:12From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.
Proverbs 5:2That thou mayest observe discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 5:23He will indeed die for want of correction; and through the abundance of his folly will he sink into error.
Proverbs 15:4A healing [word] of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit.
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 →