Proverbs 10:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

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  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people perishe for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast refused knowledge, therfore wyll I refuse thee also, so that thou shalt no more be my priest: and forsomuche as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I wyll also forget thy chyldren.
  • Prov 5:23 : 23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Beholde, thou hast ben an instructer of many, & hast strenghtned the weery handes: 4 Thy wordes haue set vp him that was falling, thou hast refreshed the weake knees.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode.
  • Job 29:21-22 : 21 Unto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell. 22 After my woordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?
  • Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables: 10 His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth.
  • Jer 3:15 : 15 And wyll geue you heardmen after myne owne mynde, which shall feede you with learnyng and wisdome.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When one heareth the worde of the kyngdome, and vnderstandeth it not, then commeth that euyll, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: this is he, which receaued seede by the way syde.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll. 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes. 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe. 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely:
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:7
    81%

    7The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

    13The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

  • Prov 15:14
    81%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:2
    80%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 14:3
    79%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

    32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Prov 16:21-23
    3 verses
    78%

    21Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

  • Ps 37:30
    77%

    30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

  • Prov 10:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Prov 14:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.

    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    75%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Prov 12:23
    75%

    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.

  • Prov 14:33
    74%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 24:7
    73%

    7Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 20:15
    73%

    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

  • Prov 21:20
    73%

    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.

    21Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 11:30
    72%

    30The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche: and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it.

    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 1:32
    71%

    32For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • Prov 16:13
    71%

    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

    3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 10:2
    71%

    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 17:28
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    28Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eateth and is satisfied: but the belly of the vngodly hath neuer enough.