Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Feed - The Hebrew word, like ποιμαίνειν poimainein , includes the idea of guiding as well as nourishing; doing a shepherd’s work in both....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The lips of the righteous (i) feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom. (i) For they speak truth and edify many by exhortations, admonition and c...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

feed . shepherd: i.e. instruct. Illustrations: Job ( Proverbs 4:3 ; Proverbs 4:4 ; Proverbs 29:21 ; Proverbs 29:22 ); David ( Psalms 78:70-72 );...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many— i.e. Instruct many: and so it is rendered in several of the versions.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The para...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Feed ] instruct.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many — i.e., sustain them by words of counsel, encouragement, and comfort, giving to each one his “meat in due sea...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen hav...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessing of the Lord Maketh Rich Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19 . Yet t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many ,.... Not their bodies; words are but wind, and will not feed; it is not enough to say to the distressed, "be ye...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. Ver. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many. ] A great housekeeper he is...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The tongue of the just is as choice silver Of great worth and use, bringing credit to himself, and great benefit to others; the heart of the wicke...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but foo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Feed many, by their wise and pious discourses, counsels, and comforts, which are so many evidences of their wisdom. Die for want of wisdom; they...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous (The Wise) Walk Uprightly, Are A Wellspring Of Life To Others, Store Up Knowledge, Accept Correction, Think Before They Speak And Act...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:19-21 SPEECH AND SILENCE I. The wisdom of not always using the tongue when we might . “He that...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sec...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many, the counsel of their wholesome instruction serving as nourishment for heart and intellect; but fools d...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:10 ; Ecclesiastes 12:9 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Jeremiah 3:15 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 29:21 ; Job 29:22 ; Job...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Feed — By their wise discourses and counsels. Die — They have not wisdom to preserve themselves, much less to feed others.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 10:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 10:21