Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
Updated King James 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 just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
22The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Cross References
Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 5:2That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is 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 →