Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. The main collection of Solomonic proverbs begins: 175 antithetical proverbs contrasting the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish. The righteous is a fountain of life; the wicked's gain brings trouble. A wise son makes his father glad; …
Другие переводы
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Перекрёстные ссылки
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more …
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.