Proverbs 10:21

What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people, but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

In Context

20What righteous/good people say [MTY] is as valuable as pure silver [MET]; what wicked people think is worthless.

22Yahweh blesses some people by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).

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Cross References

Job 23:12I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

Psalms 37:30Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they [MTY] say what is just/fair.

Proverbs 1:31So they will endure what will result [MET, DOU] from the evil way they have lived/behaved and the evil things they have planned to do.

Proverbs 5:2If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely what to do, and you will know the right things to say [MTY].

Proverbs 5:23Evil men will die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they will ◄go astray/be lost► because of the foolish things that they do.

Proverbs 15:4Those who speak [MTY] kindly to people are like [MET] trees whose fruit gives life; speaking what is false causes people to ◄despair/feel very discouraged►.

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 →

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