THEOSISProverbs 10:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יִרְע֣וּ רַבִּ֑ים וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗ים בַּחֲסַר־לֵ֥ב יָמֽוּתוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 4:6My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- Prov 17:16What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
- Job 4:3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
- Job 4:4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
- Eccl 12:9And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.
- Eccl 12:10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
- Matt 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
- Prov 1:29Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,