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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;{HR}But the tongue of the wise [is] health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:4• 4The healing of the tongue [is] a tree of life;{HR}But perverseness therein [is] a breaking of the spirit. (Prov. 15:4)
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Job 4:3‑4• 3Lo, thou hast corrected many,{HR}And slack hands hast thou strengthened,
 4The stumbling one thy speech did raise,{HR}And sinking knees thou didst confirm; (Job 4:3‑4)
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Job 23:12• 12The commandment of his lips I have not left,{HR}More than my law ,{HR}Have I kept the sayings of his mouth. (Job 23:12)
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Job 29:21‑22• 21They hearken to me, they wait,{HR}And are silent for my counsel.{HR}After my word they repeat not,
 22And my discourse droppeth on them,{HR}And they wait for me as rain, (Job 29:21‑22)
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Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom{HR}And his tongue speaketh justice. (Psa. 37:30)
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Eccl. 12:9‑10• 9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise,{HR}He still taught the people knowledge;{HR}Yea, he pondered, and sought out,{HR}[And] set in order many proverbs.
 10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words,{HR}And [that which was] written uprightly,{HR}[Even] words of truth. (Eccl. 12:9‑10)
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Jer. 3:15• 15and I will give you pastors, according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer. 3:15)
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Jer. 15:16• 16{i}Thy 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.{/i} (Jer. 15:16)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
 17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
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1 Peter 5:2• 2Tend the flock of God that [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{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah;
 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}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,{HR}And my heart despised reproof;
 23He shall die for lack of discipline;{HR}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: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
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Matt. 13:19• 19{i}From everyone 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.{/i} (Matt. 13:19)
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John 3:19‑20• 19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted; (John 3:19‑20)
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Rom. 1:28• 28And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:28)
wisdom.
Heb. heart.
Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,{HR}Seeing [he is] void of 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}But fools die for want of understanding.