Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in lack.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
Cross References
Job 23:12neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Proverbs 5:2that you may keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives you a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;
Proverbs 5:23Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
Proverbs 15:4+ 15:4 Gr. the healing of the tongue. The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with + 15:4 Gr. spirit. understanding.
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 →