Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 4:21 in English Standard Version "Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’" Job 36:12 But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. Pr 5:23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray. Pr 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. Ho 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.