Parallel Verses
King James Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
New American Standard Bible
But fools
Holman Bible
but fools die for lack of sense.
International Standard Version
What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.
A Conservative Version
The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
American Standard Version
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Amplified
The lips of the righteous feed and guide many,
But fools [who reject God and His wisdom] die for lack of understanding.
Bible in Basic English
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Darby Translation
The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
Julia Smith Translation
The lips of the just one shall feed many: and fools in wanting heart, shall die.
King James 2000
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.
Modern King James verseion
The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.
NET Bible
The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
New Heart English Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
The lips of the righteous, feed multitudes, but, the foolish, for lack of sense, shall die.
Webster
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
World English Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
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. 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Job 4:3-4
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 29:21-22
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Jeremiah 3:15
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
John 3:19-20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;