Proverbs 10:21

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Summary

Proverbs 10:21

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

Feed

Fools

Wisdom

Proverbs 17:16

General references

2 Chronicles 9:7

Psalm 37:30

Bible References

Feed

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.

Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.

Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.

So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

Fools

because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Wisdom

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

General references

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.