John Trapp on Proverbs 10:21

Verſ. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many] A great houſe-keeper hee is, hath his doors ever open; and though himſelf be poor, yet hee maketh many rich, 2 Cor. 6.10. hee well knows, that to this end God put Hony and Milk under his tongue, Cant. 3.11. that he might look to this Spiritual lip-feeding: to this end hath he communicated to him thoſe rivers of water, Joh. 7.38. that they may flow from him, to quench that world of wickedneſſe, that being ſet on fire of Hell, would ſet on fire the whole courſe of Nature, Jam. 3.6. They are empty vines that bear fruit to themſelves, Hoſ. 10.1. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Thoſe are voyd houſes, we ſay, where the doors daily open not. The people hung upon our Saviours lips, as the young Bird doth on the Damms bill, Luk. 19.43. Biſhop Ridley preached every Lords-day, and Holy-day, except letted by ſome weighty buſineſſe:Act. & Mon. fol. 1559. to whoſe Sermons the people reſorted (ſaith Maſter Fox) ſwarming about him like Bees, and coveting the ſweet juyce of his gracious diſcourſes. Look how Joſeph nouriſhed his Fathers houſhold with Bread according to their Families, or according to the mouthes of their Families, Gen. 47.12. So doth the righteous man thoſe of his own charge eſpecially.Chepi tappam. Welfare Popery for that (ſaith a grave Divine.) I have heard old folks talk, M. Sam. Hier. that when in thoſe dayes they had Holy-bread (as they called it) given them at Church, they would bear a part of it to thoſe that did abide at home: So ſhould Maſters of Families carry home the bread of life to their Houſholds.

But fools dye for want of wiſdome] By their either refuſing or abuſing the food of their ſouls (as the Phariſees) they pine away in their iniquities, Levit. 26.39.