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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
feed
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
: but fools
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
for want
chacer (Hebrew #2638)
lacking; hence, without
KJV usage: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: from 2637
of βwisdom
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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β
heart.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:4• 4Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit. (Prov. 15:4)
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Job 4:3‑4• 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
 4Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees: (Job 4:3‑4)
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Job 23:12• 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:12)
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Job 29:21‑22• 21Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
 22After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; (Job 29:21‑22)
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Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment; (Psa. 37:30)
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Eccl. 12:9‑10• 9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
 10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth. (Eccl. 12:9‑10)
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Jer. 3:15• 15And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer. 3:15)
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Jer. 15:16• 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
 17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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1 Peter 5:2• 2shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily; (1 Peter 5:2)
fools.
Prov. 1:29,31• 29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
 31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices. (Prov. 1:29,31)
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Prov. 5:12,23• 12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
 23He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (Prov. 5:12,23)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
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Matt. 13:19• 19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside. (Matt. 13:19)
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John 3:19‑20• 19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; (John 3:19‑20)
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Rom. 1:28• 28And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:28)
wisdom.
Heb. heart.
Prov. 17:16• 16To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? (Prov. 17:16)
• Samuel and Saul again come to mind. The words of the former were a means of blessing to thousands, but the unhappy man he had anointed failed himself to profit thereby. See also verses 31, 32. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.