Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous delight many, || And fools die for lack of heart.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
In Context
20The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, || The heart of the wicked—as a little thing.
22The blessing of YHWH—it makes rich, || And He adds no grief with it.
Cross References
Job 23:12The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion || The sayings of His mouth.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And his tongue speaks judgment.
Proverbs 1:31And they eat of the fruit of their way, || And they are filled from their own counsels.
Proverbs 5:2To observe thoughtfulness, || And your lips keep knowledge.
Proverbs 5:23He dies without instruction, || And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!
Proverbs 15:4A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, || And perverseness in it—a breach in 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 →