21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. [1]

Other Translations of Proverbs 10:21

New International Version

21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.

English Standard Version

21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

The Message

21 The talk of a good person is rich fare for many, but chatterboxes die of an empty heart. Fear-of-God Expands Your Life

New King James Version

21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.

New Living Translation

21 The words of the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:21

Commentary on Proverbs 10:20-21

(Read Proverbs 10:20-21)

The tongue of the just is sincere, freed from the dross of guile and evil design. Pious discourse is spiritual food to the needy. Fools die for want of a heart, so the word is; for want of thought.

22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Other Translations of Proverbs 10:22

New International Version

22 The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.

English Standard Version

22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.Or and toil adds nothing to it

The Message

22 God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.

New King James Version

22 The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

New Living Translation

22 The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:22

Commentary on Proverbs 10:22

(Read Proverbs 10:22)

That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion.