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Proverbs 10:21

21  The lips of the righteous feed many:

kBut fools die for want of wisdom.

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Proverbs 10:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 The words of the godly encourage many,

but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,

But fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 Good people’s words will help many others,

but fools will die because they don’t have wisdom.

Proverbs 10:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many;

But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Proverbs 10:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 10:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 The lips of a righteous person feed many, 

but stubborn fools die because they have no sense. 

Proverbs 10:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 Lips of righteousness feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 The words of those who do right benefit many people.

But those who are foolish die because they have no sense.

Proverbs 10:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 The lips of the righteous feed many,

But fools die for lack of understanding.


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